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Abstract
Artiklen analyserer, hvorvidt blandede skoler skaber tillid mellem etniske danskere og indvandrere. Ved hjælp af et eksperimentelt design dokumenteres det, at etnisk danske børn på homogene ”hvide” skoler har mindre tillid til personer med anden hudfarve, mens det tilsvarende effekt er fraværende blandt etnisk danske børn på heterogene skoler. Det støtter den såkaldte kontakthypotese og afkræfter den såkaldte konflikthypotese. Der var ikke en klar effekt fra venskabsrelationer på tværs af hudfarve og erfaring med ikke-hvide lærer. Derfor argumenteres for, at effekten skal forklares med, at heterogene skoler ophæver grænsedragninger mellem ind- og ud-grupper baseret på hudfarve. Endelig viser artiklen, at effekten fra hudfarve er signifikant mindre hos elever, der socialiseret til at være tillidsfulde
Translated title of the contribution | When skin-collar disappears: How mixed public schools generate trust in immigrants |
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Original language | Danish |
Journal | Dansk Sociologi |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 2 |
ISSN | 0905-5908 |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Bibliographical note
The article examines the extent to which ethnically mixed schools generatetrust between ethnic Danes and immigrants. It is based on an experimental research
design. Ethnic Danes in homogeneous “white” schools have less trust
in “non-white” persons, while this is not the case in ethnically mixed schools.
The results support the contact-thesis and contradict the conflict-thesis of
trust in immigrants. This effect cannot be explained by stronger inter-ethnic
friendships or experience with non-Danish teachers. The article argues that
the most plausible explanation of these results is that the pupils in the mixed
schools simply do not apply skin color in constructing in- and out-groups.
The analysis also shows that the negative effect of skin color is weaker among
pupils with a general disposition to trust.
Keywords
- Trust
- social capital
- Immigration
- integration
- public schools
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DNASOC: Danish national identity and the transformation to a multicultural society
01/01/2007 → …
Project: Research
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Social capital and underclass phenomena
Larsen, C. A. & Dejgaard, T. E.
01/06/2008 → 31/12/2013
Project: Research