1.

A. Explain what Dawson's Black Racial Interests Model states about the relationship between the perception of the current utility flowing to individual African Americans from a policy, candidate, or political party and

I. perceptions of racial group interests.

II. individual economic status.

III. the utility that flowed to the individual in the past from a given policy, candidate, or political party.

B. What does the model imply if information on group utility is less costly to acquire than information on individual utility because it is easily obtained through Black racial interest groups or institutions?

C. What does the model describe about the importance of class cues for those with strong ties to the black community.