Aversive Racism
22nd September 2009
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So after witnessing the waves of antipathy across the country toward President Obama’s policies, New York Times writer Charles Blow introduces his readers to the term, “aversive racism.” It’s a sinister kind of prejudice, Charles explains, that reveals itself in disagreements based on factors “other than race.”
A simpler definition of aversive racism?
If you say it’s not about race, then it’s really about race.