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Congregation B'nai David, Michigan's largest Traditional
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64
FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1990
Study: Jews Still Favor
Equality For Blacks
ELENA NEUMAN
Special to The Jewish News
A
lthough Jews may
disagree with
statements and poli-
cies of militant blacks and
various black leaders, there
has not been the Jewish
backlash against blacks and
racial equality in the 1970s
and 1980s that many polit-
ical pundits and academics
have suggested.
"There is no evidence of a
Jewish backlash against the
goal of racial equality or
against blacks as a group
either as part of a general
movement away from lib-
eralism or as a specific result
of racial conflicts with
blacks," according to a new
study on black-Jewish rela-
tions.
Commissioned by the
American Jewish Com-
mittee and unveiled May 18
at their annual meeting in
New York, "Jewish At-
titudes Toward Blacks and
Race' Relations" may raise
some eyebrows.
"I expected the study to
find that Jews are more
tolerant and pro-integration
than other white Ameri-
cans," said author of the
study Tom Smith, a spe-
cialist in race relations at
the National Opinion
Research Center. "This was
not surprising. I knew that
Jews are one of the most lib-
eral racial/religious groups
in the country.
"But I hadn't expected to
see that there is no sign of a
backlash. I hadn't thought
this was true," he said.
Comments and policy posi-
tions of black leaders like
Jesse Jackson and Louis
Farrakhan, as well as staun-
chly anti- affirmative action
stances by American Jewish
organizations in recent
years have thrown a wrench
into the black-Jewish coali-
tion of yore.
But according to the new
study, black-Jewish rela-
tions are not on the wane.
"There has been no Jewish
retreat," said David Singer,
AJCommittee director of in-
formation and research ser-
vices. "The commitment is
there and can be galvanized
again. We can revitalize the
black-Jewish dialogue."
The study is the first to be
based on a random national
sampling of Jews from 1972
to 1988. Data came from the
General Social Surveys o _ f
the National Opinion
Research Center at Univer-
sity of Chicago, as well as
the American National Elec-
tion Studies of the Center for
Political Studies at the Uni-
versity of Michigan.
The study found that Jews
have more positive attitudes
toward' blacks and a greater
commitment to equal oppor-
tunity than do other white
Americans.
Jews almost unanimously
oppose strict segregation (99
percent) and de jure segrega-
tion of schools (96 percent).
They are highly tolerant of
black dinner guests (91 per-
cent) and very willing to vote
for a black president (89 per-
cent). Similarly, Jews reject
the notion that too much
government money is being
spent on blacks (87 percent
to 89 percent).
But while Jews are
dedicated to a colorblind
society and racial equality in
theory, they tend to oppose
various measures to imple-
ment it.
A majority of Jews do not
favor affirmative action,
more government spending
for blacks and the use of bus-
ing to achieve school in-
tegration.
While integrated schools
are supported by 97 percent
of Jews, only 14 percent to
21 percent ,back busing to
achieve such integration.
In terms of sending their
own children to integrated
schools, only 5 percent object
if a few of the students are
black, 21 percent if half are
black, and 61 percent if most
of the students are black.
"Busing is a difficult ques-
tion, because of all non-black
groups, Jews are most likely
to live in integrated neigh-
borhoods and this insures
that they will have in-
tegrated schools," explained
Smith.
He added that even on
issues in which Jews have
shown a negative reaction,
they still come out more
tolerant of blacks than other
white groups, particularly
Protestants, and are tied
with Hispanics as the most
racially liberal non-black
group.
"When you ask Jews to put
themselves into a situation
where they would be a
minority to a minority —
this causes the negative
reaction. It is an interesting
reversal based on their hav-
ing suffered their own
persecution," said Smith.
Smith thinks that the
study is significant because
it shows that there's more
common ground than blacks