European framing of racism as Nazi sin blocks confronting everyday racist behavior

Evidence

In Europe, the tendency to associate racism with World War II, to see racism primarily as a moral problem, as the ultimate “sin,” has created a taboo against confronting individuals with the racism of their behavior. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1465

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the moral-panic literature and to how exceptionalist self-images render ordinary racism invisible. — connects to: Denying that racism occurs functions as a key mechanism of everyday racial repression — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1482