To udontknowme,
I'm afraid that I may to correct you on that. What you are
describing is what's called '' aversive racism'' or better known as
hidden racism.
"subtle, unintentional form of bias that is presumed to
characterize a substantial proportion of White liberals."
Because they have internalized liberal egalitarian values, aversive
racists consider themselves non-prejudiced, even though they have
unconscious racist feelings, and sometimes express them. "Thus,
aversive racists are able to discriminate without acknowledging
their prejudice because they excuse or justify their behaviour on
reasonable grounds (ibid, 290)
Quoted from:
Leanne S. Son Hing, Greg A. Chung-Yan, Robert Grunfeld, Lori K.
Robichaud, and Mark P. Zanna. "Exploring the Discrepancy Between
Implicit and Explicit Prejudice: A Test of Aversive Racism Theory"
in Social Motivation: Conscious and Unconscious Processes. Joseph
P. Forgas, Kipling D. Williams, Simon M. Laham, eds. Cambridge
University Press. 2004.
Although the quote mentions white liberals, the term white liberals
can be replaced with any other race or ethnic group.
This quote can be found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism
In other words, the most you can say is that you are an aversive
racist, because the term 'racist' is too general and it can mean
many of things, to a lot of people it can be interpreted as an
insult. So be careful on your use of words.
Xiaxue celebrates ignorance and rejects education. Do you really
want to be like her?
