Racism persists in subtle paternalistic forms despite legal suppression of hostile expression
Evidence
The existence and persistence of ambivalent, paternalistic stereotypes point to the changing nature of societal prejudices. They point to what anthropologist Albert Memmi calls the ‘strange kind of tragic enigma associated with the problem of racism’ (Memmi, 2000 ) – although no one wishes to see himself or herself as racist, racism persists! Although liberal democratic societies place different types of legal and institutional controls on direct, hostile, expressions of prejudice, racism persists in subtle, ambivalent, paternalistic forms. — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 203
Categorization
- ADDENDUM: Directly parallels the ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ piece: institutional controls shift the form of prejudice signaling rather than ending it.
- SEED: Angle: how legal suppression of overt bigotry mechanically produces more subtle, coded prejudice — paternalism as the regulatory eviction strategy of racism.
- XREF: connects to: Publicly condemning racism legitimates its unregulated private practice — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 134
Related
- Publicly condemning racism legitimates its unregulated private practice (similarity 0.81)
- Racism persists but has shifted from blatant to unconscious subtle forms (similarity 0.79)