African American Studies - Past & Present Survey Statistics at Survelum Public Data Bank |
| Data collected: 13 survey responses Click on underlined response options to use corellation filters |
Demographics |
Race/Ethnicity? | ||
| Caucasian/White |  (5; 38%) | |
| African American | (6; 46%) | |
| Asian American | (0; 0%) | |
| Latin American | (1; 8%) | |
| European American | (0; 0%) | |
| Other | (1; 8%) | |
Level of Education? | ||
| Doctorate | (0; 0%) | |
| Graduate | (2; 15%) | |
| Bachelaureate | (5; 38%) | |
| Associate | (1; 8%) | |
| Trade School | (0; 0%) | |
| GED | (0; 0%) | |
| High School | (5; 38%) | |
| Elementary School | (0; 0%) | |
| No formal education | (0; 0%) | |
Social Class? | ||
| Upper class | (0; 0%) | |
| Upper-Middle class | (1; 8%) | |
| Middle class | (7; 54%) | |
| Lower-Middle class | (4; 31%) | |
| Lower class | (1; 8%) | |
| Other | (0; 0%) | |
| Do not wish to specify | (0; 0%) | |
Hometown Geography (Where are you from)? | ||
| Northeastern U.S. | (8; 62%) | |
| Northern Central U.S. | (0; 0%) | |
| Northwestern U.S. | (0; 0%) | |
| Midwestern U.S. | (0; 0%) | |
| Southeastern U.S. | (4; 31%) | |
| Southern Central U.S. | (0; 0%) | |
| Southwestern U.S. | (0; 0%) | |
| Outer Continental U.S. | (0; 0%) | |
| Not a U.S. citizen | (1; 8%) | |
Opinions |
Affirmative Action was a necessary and effective tool at its inception in the 1960s. | ||
| Strongly Agree | (6; 46%) | |
| Agree | (4; 31%) | |
| Neutral | (3; 23%) | |
| Disagree | (0; 0%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (0; 0%) | |
| Do not know | (0; 0%) | |
Affirmative Action serves the same purpose today that it did at its inception in the 1960s? | ||
| Strongly Agree | (0; 0%) | |
| Agree | (4; 31%) | |
| Neutral | (2; 15%) | |
| Disagree | (7; 54%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (0; 0%) | |
| Do not know | (0; 0%) | |
Do you agree with President George W. Bush's administration's opposition to Affirmative Action in higher education admissions standards? | ||
| Strongly Agree | (0; 0%) | |
| Agree | (2; 15%) | |
| Neutral | (1; 8%) | |
| Disagree | (7; 54%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (2; 15%) | |
| Do not know | (1; 8%) | |
If you strongly agree or agree with President Bush's position on Affirmative Action in higher education, please explain why. | |
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A "separate but equal" concept would have been better than integration in education if government funding was not a problem. (i.e. it would have been better to have separate schools for African Americans as long as they were comparable in facilities, teaching, and funding.) | ||
| Strongly Agree | (0; 0%) | |
| Agree | (0; 0%) | |
| Neutral | (1; 8%) | |
| Disagree | (6; 46%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (6; 46%) | |
| Do not know | (0; 0%) | |
Do you agree with Clarence Thomas' belief that college admissions boards cannot have "an academically elite AND aesthetically pleasing and diverse student body." | ||
| Strongly Agree | (1; 8%) | |
| Agree | (2; 15%) | |
| Neutral | (4; 31%) | |
| Disagree | (3; 23%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (2; 15%) | |
| Do not know | (1; 8%) | |
Martin Luther King's belief in non-violence to achieve racial equality in the 1960s was much more effective than Malcolm X's advocation of more violent means. | ||
| Strongly Agree | (2; 15%) | |
| Agree | (4; 31%) | |
| Neutral | (7; 54%) | |
| Disagree | (0; 0%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (0; 0%) | |
| Do not know | (0; 0%) | |
One needs to apply violence, not non-violence, in order to achieve racial equality. | ||
| Strongly Agree | (0; 0%) | |
| Agree | (1; 8%) | |
| Neutral | (5; 38%) | |
| Disagree | (5; 38%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (2; 15%) | |
| Do not know | (0; 0%) | |
America would change socially, economically, and politically for the better, race relations-wise, if an African American were elected President of the United States. | ||
| Strongly Agree | (0; 0%) | |
| Agree | (3; 23%) | |
| Neutral | (5; 38%) | |
| Disagree | (2; 15%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (0; 0%) | |
| Do not know | (3; 23%) | |
An African American man would fair better than an African American woman if elected President of the United States. | ||
| Strongly Agree | (0; 0%) | |
| Agree | (3; 23%) | |
| Neutral | (3; 23%) | |
| Disagree | (5; 38%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (0; 0%) | |
| Do not know | (2; 15%) | |
African American soldiers should not have fought in the Civil War. | ||
| Strongly Agree | (0; 0%) | |
| Agree | (2; 15%) | |
| Neutral | (1; 8%) | |
| Disagree | (7; 54%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (3; 23%) | |
| Do not know | (0; 0%) | |
What do you think of the fact that the percentage of minorities in the United States military is double the percentage of minorities in the total U.S. population? [Use response type TextArea. Change parameters to 55;4.] | |
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One of the reasons why there are so many minorities in the American military are that the incentives offered to military enlistees appeal more to minorities than to the white majority. | ||
| Strongly Agree | (1; 8%) | |
| Agree | (6; 46%) | |
| Neutral | (4; 31%) | |
| Disagree | (2; 15%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (0; 0%) | |
| Do not know | (0; 0%) | |
If you strongly disagree or disagree with minority-appealing incentives causing a large number of minorities in the military, what, in your opinion, would be another reason? | |
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"Reverse discrimination" is extremely prevalent in today's society. | ||
| Strongly Agree | (1; 8%) | |
| Agree | (7; 54%) | |
| Neutral | (2; 15%) | |
| Disagree | (2; 15%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (1; 8%) | |
| Do not know | (0; 0%) | |
Nationally recognized events such as Martin Luther King Day and Black History month only fuel race discrimination. | ||
| Strongly Agree | (0; 0%) | |
| Agree | (0; 0%) | |
| Neutral | (2; 15%) | |
| Disagree | (4; 31%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (7; 54%) | |
| Do not know | (0; 0%) | |
African American athletes such as Jackie Robinson and Althea Gibson pioneered the world of sports for African Americans in the late 1940s and 1950s. Do you feel they were "ahead of their time" and should have waited until America was ready for them to enter their respective sports? | ||
| Strongly Agree | (1; 8%) | |
| Agree | (1; 8%) | |
| Neutral | (1; 8%) | |
| Disagree | (3; 23%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (7; 54%) | |
| Do not know | (0; 0%) | |
As a pioneering African American athlete, Tiger Woods has been as influential today as athletes like Jackie Robinson and Althea Gibson were in the late 1940s and 1950s. | ||
| Strongly Agree | (3; 23%) | |
| Agree | (5; 38%) | |
| Neutral | (3; 23%) | |
| Disagree | (2; 15%) | |
| Strongly disagree | (0; 0%) | |
| Do not know | (0; 0%) | |
In the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, the United States experienced a record high number of African American athletes on its Olympic team. Do you think that this effects the outlook that other countries have on the United States? | ||
| Yes | (5; 38%) | |
| No | (8; 62%) | |
If you feel that the high number of African American athletes on the 2004 Summer Olympic team affects the way that other countries view the United States, please specify how. | |
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