Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2006
Keywords
Institutional racism, Liberalism and racism, Racism in higher education, Race project, Race talk, Colorblind
Abstract
This article examines hundreds of entries in student journals collected at a university in the Mountain West and captures a striking contradiction between an articulated understanding of racism as “a thing of the past” and the reality of a persistent and pervasive racism. This qualitative study documents everyday racist events taking place in the life of students. These events are coded into either a traditional or modern “liberal” category to demonstrate the link between past and present race projects. The authors conclude that the contemporary “colorblind” discourse of the liberal era suggests an ongoing race project centered on the maintenance of white privilege. The mediating role institutions play between individual and structural relations of inequality implicates the university in the maintenance of white privilege.
Publication Title
Sociological Perspectives
Volume
49
Issue
4
First Page
483
Last Page
501
Required Publisher's Statement
© 2006 by Pacific Sociological Association
Published by: University of California Press, available in JSTOR
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/sop.2006.49.4.483
Recommended Citation
Rios, Francisco and Zamudio, Margaret M., "From Traditional to Liberal Racism: Living Racism in the Everyday" (2006). Woodring College of Education Faculty Publications. 12.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/education_facpubs/12
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Racism in higher education--United States; Post-racialism--United States; Race discrimination--United States
Geographic Coverage
United States--Race relations
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
