Når hudfarven forsvinder: Hvordan etnisk blandede folkeskoler skaber tillid til indvandrere

Translated title of the contribution: When skin-collar disappears: How mixed public schools generate trust in immigrants

Christian Albrekt Larsen, Morten Ringgaard, Prashanth Kantharooban, Aynkaran Anton Senthilnathan, Tim Sloth Johansen, John Linaa Holbøll

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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 contributionWhen skin-collar disappears: How mixed public schools generate trust in immigrants
    Original languageDanish
    JournalDansk Sociologi
    Volume24
    Issue number2
    ISSN0905-5908
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

    Bibliographical note

    The article examines the extent to which ethnically mixed schools generate
    trust 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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