The Continuing Significance of Race

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The Continuing Significance of Race Joe R.
Feagin, University of Florida

• 1964 Civil Rights Act
• all persons shall be entitled to the full
• 1970s research found that most whites and blacks
  thought that the CRA had eliminated overt acts of
  racism.
• By the 1970s, most persons thought that the only
  failing of the CRA was the black underclass had
  been left behind.
• What is racial discrimination like now?

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The Continuing Significance of Race Joe R.
Feagin, University of Florida

• Sites of Discrimination
• probability of experiencing discrimination at
  home or with black friends is low.
• this probability increases as one moves from
  protected to unprotected settings.
• workplaces require nondiscrimination.
• blacks (and other minorities) are open persons,
  vulnerable targets of overt and covert
  discrimination.

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The Continuing Significance of Race Joe R.
Feagin, University of Florida

• Range of Discrimination
• antilocution talking behind ones back
  (including jokes, phrases, speech).
• avoidance crossing the street.
• exclusion rejection, poor service.
• attacks verbal and physical.
• extermination (racial cleansing).

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The Continuing Significance of Race Joe R.
Feagin, University of Florida

• Black Responses to Discrimination
• ignoring.
• deferring.
• withdrawing.
• frustration.
• advocacy.
• aggression.

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The Continuing Significance of Race Joe R.
Feagin, University of Florida

• Black Responses to Discrimination
• I dont think white peopleunderstand the full
  meaning of racist discriminatory behaviors.
  Theysee each actas an isolated event.
• As a result, most white Americans cannot
  understand the strong reactionby blacks. They
  feel that blacks tend to overreact.

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