Blatant racism has shifted into subtle aversive forms

Evidence

One dramatic change in the nature of prejudice and discrimination is the substantial evidence of subtle or aversive racism (see Gaertner & Dovidio, ch. 5 this volume). Allport wrote in the context of blatant, public, and legally sanctioned patterns of discrimination. For the most part, this oldfashioned racism has been transformed into less obvious threats to opportunity and well-being. What are the adaptive strategies that targets employ to create or maintain psychological safety and self-worth in this more nebulous but palpable world of psychological threat? — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1101

Allport wrote in the context of blatant, public, and legally sanctioned patterns of discrimination. For the most part, this oldfashioned racism has been transformed into less obvious threats to opportunity and well-being. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1101

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Dovidio & Gaertner’s aversive racism framework — and to the reader’s broader interest in how systemic bias persists in disguised forms. — connects to: Successful anti-racist movements trigger renewed, subtler forms of racial exclusion, not elimination — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1915; Racism’s modes persist after being severed from their categories of meaning — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1867; Dog-whistle theory may be outdated because overt racial prejudice is now socially acceptable. — Rachel Wetts and Robb Willer, Who Is Called by the Dog Whistle?…, 26 (+3 more)
• SEED: Angle: ‘aversive racism’ as the psychological machinery of modern inequality — how explicit egalitarians sustain discrimination through avoidance and micro-behaviors.
• corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1101; , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1101