Examined the influence of education and a “personality” variable on several racial beliefs and attitudes in a sample of 640 White adults in metropolitan Detroit (Michigan). Seven indices were constructed to measure the following: (a) perceived Black socioeconomic status, (b) perceived racial discrimination, (c) stereotypes, (d) casual contact tolerance, (e) intimate contact tolerance, (f) potential discrimination, and (g) violence solutions. Results support prior studies which found relationships between authoritarianism and racial prejudice for college students, but the same results indicate that extending implications of such relationships to the poorly educated may be dubious. These data suggest the continued viability of using personality variables in race relations research, with emphasis on the more emotional issues of stereotypes and prolonged racial interaction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)