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TOPIC: The new racism

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Colorblind Racism: The New Norm By: Edward Wyckoff Williams Posted: January 25, 2012 at 12:59 AM The GOP candidates don't see their racial rhetoric as offensive. You got a problem with that? Colorblind racism is the new normal in American conservative political thought. Well after the election of the nation's first African-American president, in 2012 Republican candidates are using egregious signals and dog whistles to incite racial divisiveness as an effective tool for political gain. But when confronted about the nature of their offensive rhetoric, the answer is either an innocuous denial or dismissive retort. It is curious that people bold enough to make outlandish racial claims never admit guilt or receive a proverbial trial and conviction by the greater populace. Paul Rosenberg, a political contributor to Al-Jazeera, recently explained that this curious phenomenon of "racism without racists" has become de facto in today's political discourse and is best described as "colorblind racism." First explored in the book Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, a professor of sociology at Duke University, the concept explains much of the Republican strategy to defeat Barack Obama, using race as a wedge issue. Bonilla-Silva defined colorblind racism as a racial ideology that expresses itself in seemingly nonracial terms. As such, it is most practiced by people who never see themselves outside their own myopic worldview. Last week's Fox News debate prior to the South Carolina Republican primary was an excellent example of the hubris inherent in today's racially charged, conservative environment. All the more offensive was the fact that this debate took place on the national holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. As Michael Keegan explained in the Huffington Post, "What could have been an opportunity for the candidates to express their support for the myriad advances of the civil rights movement and to address the real challenges that remain, instead turned into a mess of racially charged attacks on African Americans, immigrants and the poor." Really MANY here should feel warm and fuzzy about this article. Juba

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Colorblind Racism: The New Norm
By: Edward Wyckoff Williams
Posted: January 25, 2012 at 12:59 AM

The GOP candidates don't see their racial rhetoric as offensive. You got a problem with that?
 
Colorblind racism is the new normal in American conservative political thought. Well after the election of the nation's first African-American president, in 2012 Republican candidates are using egregious signals and dog whistles to incite racial divisiveness as an effective tool for political gain. But when confronted about the nature of their offensive rhetoric, the answer is either an innocuous denial or dismissive retort.
 
It is curious that people bold enough to make outlandish racial claims never admit guilt or receive a proverbial trial and conviction by the greater populace. Paul Rosenberg, a political contributor to Al-Jazeera, recently explained that this curious phenomenon of "racism without racists" has become de facto in today's political discourse and is best described as "colorblind racism."
 
First explored in the book Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, a professor of sociology at Duke University, the concept explains much of the Republican strategy to defeat Barack Obama, using race as a wedge issue. Bonilla-Silva defined colorblind racism as a racial ideology that expresses itself in seemingly nonracial terms. As such, it is most practiced by people who never see themselves outside their own myopic worldview.
 
Last week's Fox News debate prior to the South Carolina Republican primary was an excellent example of the hubris inherent in today's racially charged, conservative environment. 
All the more offensive was the fact that this debate took place on the national holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. As Michael Keegan explained in the Huffington Post, "What could have been an opportunity for the candidates to express their support for the myriad advances of the civil rights movement and to address the real challenges that remain, instead turned into a mess of racially charged attacks on African Americans, immigrants and the poor."

Really MANY here should feel warm and fuzzy about this article.  
Juba

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User Details are only visible to members.	New Racism...Is this a joke? Nothing new about it. It is ugly no matter who does it.
Imperial MO			Username hidden (11037 post)

User Details are only visible to members.	They were good decent kids. Not what many think or expect of the young black male in America today. Especially those on the left.
Tulare CA			Username hidden (1067 post)

User Details are only visible to members.	Don't mind Mark... He likes to troll...
Lakeside CA			Username hidden (14285 post)

User Details are only visible to members.	Dude.... what was that meant to do?
Chesapeake VA			Username hidden (4599 post)

User Details are only visible to members.	I was on Martha's Vineyard a couple of years back doing the tourist thing. We were walking along one of the warfs in one of the small towns. Coming at me was about six, male, black teenagers. All of them were wearing deck shoes, plaid walking shorts, (pulled up correctly and belted) polo type sport shirts and their hats were all on straight. When they went past me they were talking about crewing their boats better; in good English. Weird, just plain weird....
Tulare CA			Username hidden (1067 post)

User Details are only visible to members.	What I'm saying is that it may or may not have been racially motivated. A lot of people are pretty quick to claim race is a factor to what someone says or does, when it wasn't. Perhaps she honestly did think she had checked his ticket, or perhaps she was being racist. I'll admit in that case it probably was racially motivated.
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User Details are only visible to members.	I think you're reaching there a bit.....
Chesapeake VA			Username hidden (4599 post)

User Details are only visible to members.	tbr- possible she didn't want to see your ticket because she had no attraction to you, and was looking for a reason to see some ID? You know, like the guy at the liquor store who checks IDs of all the women, but not the men. Consider this- I was carded at a liquor store last weekend by a cute woman cashier, but noticed she didn't ask for the ID of the 2 women in front of me. Something to think about- you weren't her type. :-)
Brooklyn Park MN			Username hidden (1668 post)

User Details are only visible to members.	"You can also likely find a story where a white cop lets the black guy go because they fear being accused of racism." Oh, the first OJ case? Interrupting the Knicks/Rockets NBA Finals for that? I kid, but in all seriousness, how did that police chase affect anyone not on Californication highways and roads at that time?
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User Details are only visible to members.	He (perhaps wisely) doesn't play in politics as much anymore....
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TOPIC: The new racism