Over a third of White Americans simultaneously endorse equality and symbolic racism without distress.

Evidence

True, over a third of White Americans are modern versions of the “Myrdal ambivalents,” endorsing both the principle of equal treatment and symbolic racism. However, this conflict seems not to be troubling to such people, since symbolic racism dominates egalitarianism in determining their preferences about such racial policies as busing and affirmative action. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2196