The main problem nowadays is not the folks with the hoods, but the folks dressed in suits, the more we assume that the problem of racism is limited to the Klan, the birthers, the tea party or to the Republican Party, the less we understand that racial domination is a collective process and we are all in this game.

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

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The new racism, like God, works in mysterious ways and is quite effective in maintaining white privilege. For example, instead of saying as they used to say during the Jim Crow era that they do not want us as neighbors, they say things nowadays such as 'I am concerned about crime, property values and schools.'

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The new racism: Racism without 'racists.' Today, racial segregation and division often result from habits, policies, and institutions that are not explicitly designed to discriminate. Contrary to popular belief, discrimination or segregation do not require animus. They thrive even in the absence of prejudice or ill will. It's common to have racism without racists.

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Colorblind racism is the new racial music most people dance to, the 'new racism' is subtle, institutionalized and seemingly nonracial.

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People are doing Sociology 101. They can connect Walter Scott, the assassinations of black folks in a church, the slamming of a girl in a school, and then it's across the nation. People are then connecting the dots and saying,' No more.'.

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The main problem nowadays is not the folks with the hoods, but the folks dressed in suits, new racism.

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After the 1960s and early 1970s, somehow we developed the mythology that systemic racism disappeared.

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The fact that it keeps happening tells you that the problem is no... by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

The fact that it keeps happening tells you that the problem is not a problem of bad apples.

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva