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Racism without Racists

Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States

by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva · first published 2003

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"Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's acclaimed Racism without Racists documents how, beneath our contemporary conversation about race, there lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for--and ultimately justify--racial inequalities. The fifth edition of this provocative book makes clear that color blind racism is as insidious now as ever. It features new material on our current racial climate, including the Black Lives Matter movement; a significantly revised chapter that examines the Obama presidency, the 2016 election, and Trump's presidency; and a new chapt

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  • jszymborski · Sep 10, 2025 · Recommends

    …Here is some reading on the topic: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maiahoskin/2022/09/28/newsflash... https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/color-b... A great book I can recommend is "Racism without racists" by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva https://search.worldcat.org/title/Racism-without-racists-:-c...

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  • beloch · Mar 13, 2017 · Mentions

    …rap, but its popularity nevertheless plants aliefs that contribute to the difficulties faced by black job-seekers. -------- "Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, an eminent sociologist, calls this unconscious bias “racism without racists,” and we whites should be less defensive about it. This bias affects blacks as well as whites, and we also have unconscious biases about gender, disability, body size and age. You can explore your own…

    on “Blacks with no criminal record have same sucess geting jobs as whites out prison” ↗

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