ten years old but new to me

[rmd]

'granny gets a vibrator' has a post full of links that led me to this 10 year old article about 'new racism' or 'aversive racism'. it's interesting reading and looks at some of the ways racism manifests in white folks who consider themselves egalitarian and not-racist.

i may have to go poke around and see if things have changed over the past 10 years.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/cgull_/]

Oh yeah. Just making choices about who you associate with is a fine form of racism. I fully admit to being Imperfect in this area.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

yep. although they seem to think that what happens is that white folks just find *other* reasons rather than "oh, because they're $RACE" to make decisions. or, "well, it's not that they're bad. we're just better."

it makes for interesting reading, i think.

[firni.livejournal.com]

"the rightness of whiteness"?