AFST Test 5

What was the final argument whites would use?

"Anything but race," this strategy was used to dismiss any factors associated with race and maintain color blindness lens

What sophisticated strategy does Bonilla-Silva say whites use?

"Yes and no, but" survey respondents would seemingly agree with questions but ultimately disagree, without appearing racist.

What are the four central frames of Color-blind racism?

Abstract liberalism, Naturalization, Cultural Racism, Minimization of Racism?

What year was the first survey conducted and how many participants?

Conducted in 1997 and sampled 627 white college students

What year was the second survey conducted and how many participants?

Conducted in 1998 and sampled 400 Black and white Detroit residents

Who wrote "A Review of Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America?"

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

What does Abstract liberalism fail to recognize?

Fails to recognize the institutional discrimination and practices that have left people of color largely underrepresented in terms of political and social power in society.

Blacks aren't directly or indirectly influenced by the frames of color-blindness? (T or F)

False, Blacks are directly and indirectly influenced by the frames of color-blindness

More whites live amongst Blacks, than those who don't? (T or F)

False, most whites live in extreme racial isolation from blacks, despite liberal ideals of interracial association

Most whites do identify themselves as racist? (T or F)

False, most whites would rarely identify themselves as "racist"

Barack Obama becoming president was the end of racism? (T or F)

False, this fairy tale is yet another example of color-blind racism

What was the second survey called?

The Detroit Area Study (DAS)

What was the first Survey called?

The Survey of Attitudes of College Students

What does racism look like for people of color?

They characterize racism as a systematic or institutional problem

Bonilla-Silva asserts that color-blind racism has become the dominant racial ideology in America as a means for justifying racial order in society? (T or F)

True, Color-blind racism is the "new racism"

What is Bonilla-Silva's grave concern about the stratification of race in America?

White supremacy is maintained with whites on the top of the racial hierarchy, a group of "honorary white" residing in the middle, and "collective blacks" remaining at the bottom

What does racism look like for whites?

Whites perceive racism as an overt prejudice that often happens in isolation.

What does Abstract liberalism look like?

Whites support "equal opportunity" and regard people as individuals with choices.

New Racism

appears invisible and more covert while dominated by the notion of color blindness

What does cultural racism look like?

blames the victim, asserting that racial inequalities are largely the result of the lack of effort or inappropriate values on the part of the minorities themselves.

What is the purpose of this book?

confronts the current racial ideology in America, which he defines as color-blind racism, and provides a conceptual framework for understanding color-blindness and its function in society.

What does Color-blindness fail to recognize?

fails to recognize the institutional discrimination and practices that have left people of color largely underrepresented in terms of political and social power in society.

Naturalization

frame rationalizes racial issues as naturally occurring phenomena

What is Bonilla-Silva's view on racism's structure?

intertwined with a network of social, economic, and political entities with an overarching ideology that impacts the lives of all members of society, especially people of color.

Minimization of Racism

invalidating the existence of discrimination in society and discrediting the impact of race on the lives of minorities

What was the problem of Obama's election?

it has become an obstacle for people of color to discuss racial matters, with the minimization of racism largely silencing their voices.

What do most of the racial progressives look like?

likely to be women, who grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood with minority friends, and who have dated across the color line.

Obameria

living in America with a Black President

Abstract Liberalism

reflects the ideals of political and economic liberalism to deconstruct race

Cultural Racism

relies on negative stereotypes about different cultures to explain racial inequities

What is a short coming of Bonilla-Silva's work?

shortcoming could be the strong reliance on somewhat dated testimony from survey participants in '97 and '98.

What will happen without a meaningful discussion of race and racism?

the U.S. will maintain the racial ideology of color-blind racism, claiming to have moved "beyond race," while a major portion of society lives under a cloud racism

What are the purpose of the surveys?

they are used to demonstrate color-blind race talk, which avoids racist terminology while using rhetoric and semantics to maintain the racial order.

What was the purpose of respondents saying stuff like "I'm not a racist?"

this type of speech was a buffer to mask what could be interpreted as a racist comment, to distract the discourse from the topic of race.

What does minimization of racism look like?

when people of color allege racism, whites are quick to accuse minorities of being "hypersensitive" or "playing the race card"

What does minimization of racism fail to recognize?

whites believe that racism and discrimination are simply a thing of the past.

What does Naturalization look like?

whites view school and neighborhood segregation as normal or that's the way it is, assuming an almost biological explanation for segregation

Have white racial progressives have been affected by color-blind racism?

yes as well since whiteness itself embodies racial power