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Burlington Self-Survey on Human Relations: Final report, 1950
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16 on the part of these parents, the high extent of good will accorded the schools is significant. The least favorable of all general community relationships, in termsof these attitudes, involves the police, although three-fourths of the family heads gave favorable reactions. Considered by itself, in the absence of actual incidents which have involved the police, the relative and slight disfavor of the police probably has little importance. The interview questions concerning the difficulties experienced in the community and the types of general public services considered unfair reveal an interesting pattern. The specific nature of these items are more diagnostic of the attitudes of sensitive community situations. They reveal, first, a general tolerance toward possible difficulties and unfair treatment, and second, some specific areas of resentment and toublesomeness. The largest category of response, both as to the difficulties reported and the types of public service considered unfair, is of the "non" variety- 61 and 38 percent of the total responses for the two respective groups of items. This is a further reflection of a general attitude of good favor with which these residents view their community. Considering the size of the group and its marginal status, it is also a probable indirect expression of avoidance. In addition, however, "racial discrimination" is a conspicuous segment of difficulties reported, and it is mentioned almost twice as frequently as any other single category of hardship. As to unfair public services, the categories of "other" and "restaurants and bars" stand out, forming 33 and 16 percent of the responses, respectively. The first category refers to a wide variety of situations of unfairness not specifically described by the respondents; the second is explicit in context. The
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16 on the part of these parents, the high extent of good will accorded the schools is significant. The least favorable of all general community relationships, in termsof these attitudes, involves the police, although three-fourths of the family heads gave favorable reactions. Considered by itself, in the absence of actual incidents which have involved the police, the relative and slight disfavor of the police probably has little importance. The interview questions concerning the difficulties experienced in the community and the types of general public services considered unfair reveal an interesting pattern. The specific nature of these items are more diagnostic of the attitudes of sensitive community situations. They reveal, first, a general tolerance toward possible difficulties and unfair treatment, and second, some specific areas of resentment and toublesomeness. The largest category of response, both as to the difficulties reported and the types of public service considered unfair, is of the "non" variety- 61 and 38 percent of the total responses for the two respective groups of items. This is a further reflection of a general attitude of good favor with which these residents view their community. Considering the size of the group and its marginal status, it is also a probable indirect expression of avoidance. In addition, however, "racial discrimination" is a conspicuous segment of difficulties reported, and it is mentioned almost twice as frequently as any other single category of hardship. As to unfair public services, the categories of "other" and "restaurants and bars" stand out, forming 33 and 16 percent of the responses, respectively. The first category refers to a wide variety of situations of unfairness not specifically described by the respondents; the second is explicit in context. The
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