TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT………………………………. …………………………………………………….. iv
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: OVERVIEW …………………………………………… 1
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW ……………………………………………………… 9
Dialogues on Race ………………………………………………………………………………….. 10
Dialogue Participants ………………………………………………………………………………. 17
Future Research ……………………………………………………………………………………… 34
Current Study ………………………………………………………………………………………… 39
Hypotheses …………………………………………………………………………………………… 41
CHAPTER 3 METHODS …………………………………………………………………………. 44
Pilot Testing ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 44
Participants …………………………………………………………………………………………… 47
Measures …………………………………………………………………………………………… 48
Internal and External Motivations to Respond
Without Prejudice (IMS/EMS) ……………………………………………………………. 48
Colorblind Racial Attitudes Scale (CoBRAS) ……………………………………….. 49
Positive Previous Experience with African Americans …………………………… 50
Crowne & Marlow Social Desirability Scale – Short Form …………………….. 51
Demographic items ……………………………………………………………………………. 51
Vignette response items ……………………………………………………………………… 52
Vignette outcome items ……………………………………………………………………… 53
Procedures …………………………………………………………………………………………… 53
Vignette conditions ……………………………………………………………………………. 54
CHAPTER 4 RESULTS …………………………………………………………………………… 55
Preliminary Analyses ………………………………………………………………………………. 55
Primary Analyses …………………………………………………………………………………… 61
CHAPTER 5 DISCUSSION …………………………………………………………………….. 70
Limitations …………………………………………………………………………………………… 79
Future Directions ……………………………………………………………………………………. 81
Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………………………… 83
REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 84
APPENDIX A.
INTERNAL/EXTERNAL MOTIVATION
TO RESPOND WITHOUT PREJUDICE
SCALES (IMS/EMS)……………………………………………………………………………. 90
POSITIVE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH
AFRICAN AMERICANS …………………………………………………………………….. 92
COLOR BLIND RACIAL ATTITUDES SCALE (COBRAS) …………………. 93
MARLOW-CROWNE SOCIAL DESIRABILITY
SCALE – SHORT FORM ……………………………………………………………………. 94
DEMOGRAPHIC ITEMS …………………………………………………………………….. 95
CONVERSATION INTRO AND OUTCOME ITEMS
(BLACK LIVES MATTER)………………………………………………………………….. 96
CONVERSATION INTRO AND OUTCOME ITEMS
(MINORITY ONLY CONVERSATION) ………………………………………………. 100
OTHER OUTCOME VARIABLES ………………………………………………………. 104
VIGNETTES……………………………………………………………………………………….. 105
APPENDIX B.
IRB APPROVAL …………………………………………………………………………………. 109