Scholars dispute whether new racism is genuinely distinct from old racial prejudice

Evidence

Not everyone is persuaded that the notion of a “new” racism is required. Some say that the old racism is still quite common, and that the supposed decline in negative stereotyping has been exaggerated (Devine & Elliot, 1995; Sniderman & Piazza, 1993). Others say that any “new” racism is at bottom not very different from an “old” racial prejudice (Schuman, Steeh, & Bobo, 1985), ethnocentrism (Sniderman & Piazza, 1993), or authoritarianism (Raden, 1994). Still others say that a “new” racism may only look new because it merely confounds an underlying “old” racism with political conservatism (Fazio et al., 1995; Roth, 1994; Sniderman & Tetlock, 1986; Weigel & Howes, 1985). — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3609

Categorization

• DEFINE: Maps the competing positions in the ‘new vs. old racism’ debate, especially the claim that new racism confounds prejudice with political conservatism.