- By the end of the semester, you should compile an annotated bibliography with at least ten sources that you believe will be central to your research projects.
- Cohen, Cathy J., Matthew Fowler, Vladimir E. Medenica, and John C. Rogowski. 2017. The “Woke” Generation? Millennial Attitudes on Race in the US. University of Chicago. Chicago: GenForward. Retrieved May 17, 2018 (https://genforwardsurvey.com/assets/uploads/2017/10/GenForward-Oct-2017-Final-Report.pdf).
This survey has been crucial to my project. This survey unpacked millennial racial attitudes on a number of fronts, most notably measuring perceptions of race, whiteness, and racial resentment. GenForward was the first study I analyzed and examining this survey shed light on the extent to which white and black millennials maintain divergent racial attitudes.
2. 2014. Look Different. MTV Strategic Insights and David Binder Research. Retrieved May 17, 2018 (http://d1fqdnmgwphrky.cloudfront.net/studies/000/000/001/DBR_MTV_Bias_Survey_ExecutivE_Summary.pdf?1398858309).
This survey demonstrates how millennials are committed to equality, yet also espouse color blindness. Examining this study encouraged me to focus on color-blind ideology as a way to understand millennials’ seemingly contradictory understanding of race and racism. Furthermore, this study highlighted how minorities experience incidents of bias at higher rates than white millennials. This study and the GenForward one stand out as the most important quantitative studies that I utilized to formulate my argument and ideas for this project.
3. Jones, Robert P., Daniel Cox, and Thomas Banchoff. A Generation in Transition: Religion, Values, and Politics among College-Age Millennials. Washington, DC: Public Religion Research Institute & Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Retrieved May 17, 2018 (https://www.prri.org/research/millennial-values-survey-2012/).
Although this survey encompassed a range of topics, I only focused on its section about how college-age millennials feel about governmental attention to minorities and reverse discrimination. These pieces of data were important because they demonstrated a striking disparity between white and black millennials. The fact that almost 60 percent of white millennials, as compared to around 25 percent of black millennials, believe discrimination against whites has become “as big a problem” as discrimination against blacks is astounding. This survey helped solidify my argument regarding the divergent racial attitudes between white and black millennials.
4. Apollon, Dominique. 2011. Don’t Call Them “Post-Racial”: Millennials’ Attitudes on Race, Racism, and Key Systems in Our Society. New York: Applied Research Center. Retrieved May 17, 2018 (https://www.raceforward.org/research/reports/millennials-activism-and-race-dont-call-them-post-racial).
This survey measures millennial attitudes on race, racism, and key systems in our society. The most pertinent aspect of this survey that I incorporate into my paper is the fact that the vast majority of respondents in this study identify racism as a solely interpersonal issue. This millennial focus on the interpersonal nature of racism tied to my contention that millennials miss out on the systemic aspect of racism. This source was important because it furthers my overall point on how millennials misinterpret racism.
5. Fowler, Matthew, Vladimir E. Medenica, and Cathy J. Cohen. 2017. “Why 41 percent of white millennials voted for Trump.” Washington Post, December 15. Retrieved May 17, 2018 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/12/15/racial-resentment-is-why-41-percent-of-white-millennials-voted-for-trump-in-2016/?utm_term=.f48b8b4c9437).
This article is relevant to my paper because it describes how white millennials supported Trump based off ideas of white vulnerability and racial resentment. The fact that white millennial voters were swayed by these ideas connects to a number of figures I present in the paper. Moreover, looking at voting patterns in the 2016 election was my initial inspiration to conduct a project that examines millennial racial attitudes.
6. Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2018. Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Color-blind ideology was the frame of reference I utilized when unpacking the surveys I referenced in this paper. His chapters on how color blindness influences blacks and white racial progressives was also instrumental for my project. The ideas presented in this book stand out as the analytical underpinning of the implications section of this paper.
7. Frey, William H. January 2018. The Millennial Generation: A demographic bridge to America’s diverse future, Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings Institution. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution. Retrieved May 17, 2018 (https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-jan_brookings-metro_millennials-a-demographic-bridge-to-americas-diverse-future.pdf).
I utilized this report to understand the demographics of the millennial generation. This source described the unique diversity of this generation and how this racial composition will usher in broader societal diversity in America. This report also had useful graphs and information to compare the diversity of millennials to that of previous generations.
8. Bouie, Jamelle. 2014. “Why Do Millennials not Understand Racism?” Slate, May 16. Retrieved May 17, 2018 (http://www.slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/donald-trump-is-keeping-his-promises-on-race.html).
This source was useful in examining the findings from the MTV survey. This article described the significance of the findings of the MTV study, most notably how millennials misunderstand racism. In this regard, this article helped me reflect on the figures in the surveys I analyzed.
9. Clement, Scott. 2015. “Millennials are just about as racist as their parents.” Washington Post, April 7. Retrieved May 17, 2018 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/07/white-millennials-are-just-about-as-racist-as-their-parents/?utm_term=.65b526c8af74).
This article is relevant to my paper because it demonstrates how white millennials possess similar racial attitudes as whites of earlier generations. This source helped solidify my overall argument challenging the narrative that millennials stand out for their racial tolerance and acceptance of difference.
10. Smith, Mychel Denzel. 2015. “White Millennials are products of a failed lesson in colorblindness.” PBS News Hour, March 26. Retrieved May 17, 2018 (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/white-millennials-products-failed-lesson-colorblindness).
This article is helpful to my project because it analyzes a number of the surveys I reference. Furthermore, it examines these surveys through the lens of color-blind ideology. It also explained the crucial aspects of racism and how millennials, particularly whites ones, misunderstand racism.