+ “new racism”. + basic premises race may be real, but it is also a social construction white is...
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+Basic Premises
Race may be real, but it is also a social construction
White is the dominant racial group
Whiteness is the symbol of racial power – it is the “visible uniform” of the dominant group
Whether white people are aware of their race or not, they receive systemic privilege (subtly or obviously) because they wear the uniform of privilege
+Louis CK on Being White
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4f9zR5yzY
PROFANITY WARNING
+Structure of the Article
PART 1A: Explanation of the social structure that is “New Racism”
PART 1B: Description of the ideology that supports “new racism”
PART 2: Prediction that the meaning of “whiteness” will undergo a transformation
PART 3: Political implications of “new racism” and how to combat it
+ “New Racism”The kinder, gentler white supremacy
Characteristics:
1. Increasingly covert nature of racial discourse and practices
2. Avoidance of racial terminology & stories of “reverse racism”
3. Invisibility of the mechanisms that reproduce racial inequality
4. Incorporation of “safe minorities” to show nonracialism
5. Rearticulation of some racial practices from Jim Crow
+Examples from the article?
Poor service
Special requirements applied only to them
Surveillance in stores
Being ignored in retail stores selling expensive merchandise
Receiving the worst accommodations in hotels & restaurants
Constantly being confused for menial workers
Less commonly, overtly racist behavior, racial epithets
What Would You Do? Reaction of bystanders based on degree of “whiteness”
+Shopping While Black ABC’s What Would You Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH60U_rb6M4
+The ideology of “new racism” Abstract liberalism
“I am all for equal opportunity, that’s why I oppose affirmative action.”
Ignores the effects of past and current racism (decontextualizes) Protects white privilege
+Color-Blind Racism: the ideology of “new racism”
Abstract liberalism “I am all for equal opportunity, that’s why I oppose affirmative
action.” Ignores the effects of past and current racism (decontextualizes) Protects white privilege
Naturalization Whites go to school, live with, befriend, and date other whites Whites can say “It’s a natural thing” and that all groups do it Hence it’s just “the way it is” and “beyond race”
Cultural racism
Minimization of racism
+http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iYeW3FLzKM
http://www.chicagobooth.edu/capideas/spring03/racialbias.html
+Triracial System of U.S.
“Whites
”
• Whites; New whites (Russians, Albanians, etc…); Assimilated light-skinned Latinos; Some multiracials; Assimilated (urban) Native Americans; A few Asian-origin people
“Honorary Whites”
• Light-skinned Latinos; Japanese Americans; Korean Americans; Asian Indians; Chinese Americans; Middle Eastern Americans; Most multiracials
“Collective
Black”
• Filipinos; Vietnamese; Hmong; Laotians; Dark-skinned Latinos; Blacks; New West Indian and African immigrants; Reservation-bound Native Americans