Classical and modern racial prejudice: a study of attitudes toward immigrants in Sweden

In two studies we develop and validate a Classical-overt or direct-and a Mo dern-covert or subtle-Racial Prejudice Scale, concerning attitudes toward i mmigrants, for a Swedish (Scandinavian) context. Further, we examine whethe r these two forms of prejudice are distinguishable. Confirmatory factor ana lyses showed that, although highly correlated, classical and modern racial prejudice are distinguishable. This conclusion was also supported by variou s construct validations. The findings are discussed in relation to other st udies that compare the content and structure of modern and classical racism . Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.