Color Blind Racism Summary

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Ferber seeks to examine privileges within color-blind racism and how it intersects with postfeminism and christonormativity. Intersectional analysis examines multiple forms of oppression including sexual, racial, ethnic and class oppression. She claims culture is key to systematic racism and helps mold society’s morality.
Since whiteness is not transparent, it’s unclear to the public (especially to white individuals) how white people benefit from privilege. When we understand white privilege, we can begin to expand discourse to include institutional, systematic, and cultural racism. In the aftermath of Jim Crow racism came color-blind racism. The four elements of this include abstract liberalism, naturalization, cultural racism, and minimization of racism. Abstract liberalism reinforces the bootstrap myth via language expressing individuality. Naturalization identifies inequality as a result of natural inclinations. Cultural racism justifies perpetual inequality, linking it to cultural differences. Minimization of racism is the assumption that everyone has equal opportunities regardless of race. Colorblindness reinforces systematic inequality by denying its existence.
The author argues postfeminism works to uphold gender inequality. Conservatives say we are already equal and criticize feminism for being the …show more content…

As the dominant religious culture in the United States, it contributes to the marginalization of those who practice other religions. During Christmas for example, one is prone to see Christmas trees and hear Christmas songs everywhere. Criticism of this model is seen as an attack on Christmas. The author mentions his blog post about the subject and how the comments maintain the culture of Christian privilege. Commentators claim Christian values are seen as universal and that the holiday should be celebrated since the majority of Americans are

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