Some whites confine racism to intentional displays of racial hostility. Its the Ku Klux Klan, racial slurs in public, something bad that people do. But for many racial minorities, that type of racism doesnt matter as much anymore, some scholars say. They talk more about the racism uncovered in the knife fight photos -- it doesnt wear a hood, but it causes unsuspecting people to see the world through a racially biased lens... Ross, author of Everyday Bias, says being biased doesnt make people bad, just human. He says people are hardwired to be biased because it helped keep our ancestors alive. They survived, in part, by having to make quick assumptions about strangers who might prove threatening. We need to reduce the level of guilt but increase the level of responsibility we take for it, he says.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:28:12 +0000
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