Modern Racism Scale (MRS)
McConahay‚ 1983‚ 1986
1. It is easy to understand the anger of black people in America.
2. Blacks have more influence upon school desegregation plans than they ought to have.
3. Blacks are getting too demanding in their push for equal rights.
4. Over the past few years blacks have gotten more economically than they deserve.
5. Over the past few years the government and news media have shown more respect to blacks than they deserve.
6. Blacks should not push themselves where they’re not wanted.
7. Discrimination against blacks is no longer a problem in the United States.
Cronbach’s alpha coefficient 0.86
(strongly disagree) to (strongly agree)
This instrument can be found online at: https://shareok.org/bitstream/handle/11244/6988/Department%20of%20Psychology_66.pdf?sequence=1
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