"Group identifications are influenced by a number of social positions, including race. For example, whites are likely to feel close to other whites and to identify with them racially. However, other identifications, such as class and gender also influence what group of people an individual identifies with. Using data from the National Survey of American Life, this paper analyzes whether white respondent's education, sex, income, and political views effect how closely they identify with blacks. Findings indicate that sex and income did not have a statistically significant impact on whites feelings of closeness to blacks, whereas education and political views did. These findings indicate that other social demographic and cultural factors, besides race, class and gender work together to influence whites feelings of closeness to blacks."--Abstract.
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