Denying that racism occurs functions as a key mechanism of everyday racial repression

Evidence

A major form of everyday repression concerns the privileging of the definition of reality through the denial of racism. Accusations of oversensitivity about discrimination, continuous ethnic jokes, ridicule in front of others, patronizing, rudeness, and other attempts to humiliate and to intimidate can all have the effect of discouraging action against discrimination. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1482

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to vault material on colorblind ideology and racial-evasiveness as silencing strategies; echoes racial formation’s definitional-power angle. — connects to: Denying racism serves as a prime tool for repressing resistance — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1482; Everyday racism reduces to three interlocking strands of marginalization, problematization, and repression — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1481; Everyday racism operates through marginalization, problematization, and repression of resistance. (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Denying racism serves as a prime tool for repressing resistance #corroborates (0.92) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1482
• Everyday racism operates through marginalization, problematization, and repression of resistance. #expands (0.88)
• Refusing to acknowledge racial bias does not prevent it from shaping behavior #corroborates (0.85) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 694
• Everyday racism reduces to three interlocking strands of marginalization, problematization, and repression #expands (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1481
• Racial privilege operates through controlling what counts as racism #expands (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1496
• European framing of racism as Nazi sin blocks confronting everyday racist behavior #exemplifies (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1465