Chunk #48 — Explanations for Greater Negative Social Consequences of Alcohol Use among African Americans Compared to European Americans — Environmental Influences — Residential factors/drinking context
Additionally, drinking in low-income neighborhoods can also place African Americans at increased risk for experiencing negative consequences from drinking compared to European Americans who drink in similar contexts (Caetano & Herd, 1988 cited in Jones-Webb et al., 1995; Jones-Webb et al., 1997a). This phenomenon appears in part to be due to the cultural norm that African Americans are more likely to drink in public, such as on street corners, compared to European Americans (Herd & Grube, 1993; Nyaronga, Greenfield, & McDaniel, 2009; Stewart & Power, 2002), coupled with data indicating that police surveillance is more common in low-income African American neighborhoods than in low-income European American neighborhoods (Conley, 1994; Mastrofski, Parks, Reiss, & Worden, 1999). Thus, to the degree that African Americans consume alcohol outdoors, and to the degree that such behavior is deemed as inappropriate or excessive, drinking among this group could result in more negative consequences from drinking (e.g., citations from law enforcement) (LaVeist & Wallace, 2000; Park, 1983).
