Survey focuses on what white people think about being white MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (9/6/2006) -- What whites think about their own race is the focus of a first-of-its-kind national survey by researchers in the University of Minnesota's department of sociology. From a telephone survey of more than 2,000 households nationwide, results show that there is more recognition among white people of their own racial identity and the social privileges that come with it than was previously thought. The assumption behind prior scholarship and diversity training initiatives was that whites overlooked their own race. "It's sort of like having an accent," said...