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Political Tolerance Drawn At Generational, Not Class Lines

Education and income still influence political tolerance, but UNL Sociologist Philip Schwadel says their latest study shows that political tolerance has begun falling along generational lines. Professor Schwadel says that younger generations are maturing in a culture of greater tolerance…including what they are seeing on tv and social media.

Professor Schwadel says that a lot of people 30 or 40 years ago didn’t have exposure to diversity, and if they did, it was disproportionately those who went to college who had those experiences. Schwadel says that by crossing social class lines and diffusing to the larger population, political tolerance will continue to grow because future generations will come of age in a more tolerant society.

The study was published in Sociological Forum and was co-authored by Christopher Garneau, who earned his doctorate at Nebraska and is now as associate professor of sociology at the University of Sciences and Arts of Oklahoma.

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