Study: Whites would want $1,500 to live as blacks

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- In a study co-authored by an Ohio State professor, whites were asked how much money they'd want if they had to live the rest of their lives as blacks.

The typical answer was about 15-hundred dollars.

Compare that to the one million dollars the same people said they'd need to swear off T-V for the remainder of their lives.

Psychology professor Philip Mazzocco from Ohio State's Mansfield campus says the findings suggest whites aren't bothered by the idea of being black. He says whites may be ignorant of the difficulties many blacks still face because of their skin color.

More likely the vast majority of whites see the hardships endured by blacks in this country to be fundamentally self imposed.