Twenty-second International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to add to the growing international literature addressing the prevalence of color blind racial attitudes. The current study builds on the important empirical research on racism in Australia by focussing on the relationship between demographic factors (e.g. gender, age and education) and CoBRAs. A second aim of the current study is to build on the important empirical research on racism in Australia by incorporating consideration of the relationship between religious beliefs and CoBRAs. Participants were 1273 Central Queensland residents that were recruited through Central Queensland University Population Research Laboratory. The result showed that older participants were more aware of social privileges, but they were less aware of blatant racism. Additionally, in contradiction of other studies, this study found an absence of a relationship between gender or religion income with racial attitudes.