Mid-century sociology framed racial problems as cultural dysfunctions amenable to value reform

Evidence

The structuralfunctionalist framework stressed the unifying role of culture, and particularly American values, in regulating and resolving conflicts. This approach was notably in evidence in respect to the sociology of race. It overlapped significantly with the argument of the Myrdal study— the “American creed.” … Once properly reconceptualized as symptoms of the tensions inherent in societal selfregulation, however, racial matters could be understood as amenable to reform. — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 48

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sociology mirrored modern society by banishing ethical problematics from its discourse — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 111; Cultural and ideological factors shape social problems rather than merely reflecting economics — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1040; Post-civil-rights reform failure forced ethnicity theory toward blaming people of color — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 55 (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Sociology mirrored modern society by banishing ethical problematics from its discourse — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 111; Cultural and ideological factors shape social problems rather than merely reflecting economics — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1040; Post-civil-rights reform failure forced ethnicity theory toward blaming people of color — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 55 (+2 more)