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Burlington Self-Survey on Human Relations: Final report, 1950
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17 situation of the restaurant and bars undoubtedly is real and serious, as these implied attitudes suggest. This is strongly supported by the findings of the survey of public accommodations, where it was discovered that 79 percent of the establishments of the city make racial distinctions in their public practices. A final item on the adjustment of the Negro family to the community is involved in the attitude that parents have toward the future if their children,-- in this case, their educational future. This matter would seem to bear little relation o problems of race relations in the local community. On the surface, this appears to be the case; but if it is considered as an indirect estimate of the opportunities which parents conceive of themselves as having, it can be a useful measure of present morale. The responses shoe extremes of high and very low educational goals held by the family heads for their children. Even though only 7 percent of the family heads have themselves completed college, 62 percent want their children to reach goals of a college education. When this expectation is considered in the light of the limited professional and semi-professional functions now being served by Negroes in the city, and in view view of the high number of drop-outs of Negro students reported by teachers beyond the junior high level, it would seem to be unrealistic under present circumstances. On the other extreme, almost a fourth (24%) of the family heads do not entertain any clear-formed educational objectives for their children. This kind of ambivalence of purpose and somewhat unrealistic appraisal of opportunity would seem to directly associate with the marginal position of the Negro family in the community after more than a generation of residential history.
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17 situation of the restaurant and bars undoubtedly is real and serious, as these implied attitudes suggest. This is strongly supported by the findings of the survey of public accommodations, where it was discovered that 79 percent of the establishments of the city make racial distinctions in their public practices. A final item on the adjustment of the Negro family to the community is involved in the attitude that parents have toward the future if their children,-- in this case, their educational future. This matter would seem to bear little relation o problems of race relations in the local community. On the surface, this appears to be the case; but if it is considered as an indirect estimate of the opportunities which parents conceive of themselves as having, it can be a useful measure of present morale. The responses shoe extremes of high and very low educational goals held by the family heads for their children. Even though only 7 percent of the family heads have themselves completed college, 62 percent want their children to reach goals of a college education. When this expectation is considered in the light of the limited professional and semi-professional functions now being served by Negroes in the city, and in view view of the high number of drop-outs of Negro students reported by teachers beyond the junior high level, it would seem to be unrealistic under present circumstances. On the other extreme, almost a fourth (24%) of the family heads do not entertain any clear-formed educational objectives for their children. This kind of ambivalence of purpose and somewhat unrealistic appraisal of opportunity would seem to directly associate with the marginal position of the Negro family in the community after more than a generation of residential history.
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