Racism persists today as egalitarian values mixed with racial animus

Evidence

Although the evidence of the gradual disappearance of old-fashioned racism is rarely disputed, a debate ensued about whether or not racial prejudice was disappearing with it. Many social psychologists concluded that it had not disappeared but had changed its form. Various new forms were proposed, having much in common although variously labeled as “symbolic racism,” “racial resentment,” “modern racism,” “laissez-faire racism,” or “subtle prejudice.” Their conceptualizations shared three common elements: (a) general replacement of old-fashioned racism with acceptance of formal racial equality, and (b) continuing negative affect toward Blacks (whether animosity, uneasiness, or distancing), mixed in some way with (c) nonracial values, such as traditional morality, individualism, and the Protestant Ethic. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2167

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the shared three-part structure common to all ‘new racism’ concepts.
• XREF: Connects to Allport’s conflicted-racism framework and to later chapters in this volume on implicit prejudice.