Racial order responded to each mobilizing threat with formal legal equality
Evidence
No sooner had these shifts been successfully signaled, if not fully effected, than the force(s) of racial order reached for the formalism of the law. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 128
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The rule of law is selectively enforced on racial groups framed as threats — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in…, 914; Slave revolt threats forced whites to accept racial equality and integrated assemblies — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 408; White racial ideology supports formal equality while opposing burdensome change — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 3436 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- The rule of law is selectively enforced on racial groups framed as threats
#corroborates(0.80) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 914 - Slave revolt threats forced whites to accept racial equality and integrated assemblies
#expands(0.80) — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 408 - Colorblind formalism rescued racism when movements threatened its material order.
#corroborates(0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 128 - Slave insurgency forced racial equality as a means to preserve slavery
#expands(0.80) - White racial ideology supports formal equality while opposing burdensome change
#qualifies(0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3436 - Racial ideology can be confident and tolerant when no threat feeds it
#complicates(0.75) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 640 - US racial history moved through abrupt regime shifts toward formal legal equality
#expands(0.70) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3593