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- Title
The Dyadic Conversation of Racial Inequality in Employment, Criminal Justic, and Healthcare: Using the Color-Blind Fallacy to Understand Differing Perceptions.
- Authors
Shah, Karishma
- Abstract
This research summary compiles evidence for the racial inequality that continues to plague American society, specifically in regards to employment, criminal justice, and healthcare, in an attempt to deconstruct the complex nature of implicit racism and reconcile the differing perceptions that subsequently arise from such an analysis. When viewing racism as a dyadic conversation between those discriminating and those being discriminated against, a myriad of situations arise to emphasize a destructive difference in perception. A majority of the American population, white or other, would not consider themselves to be racist, creating a situation where society is inherently racist, but individuals, for the most part, consciously are not. This paper explains the phenomenon of mismatching perceptions by employing the color-blind fallacy to demonstrate how abstract liberalism, naturalization, cultural racism, and minimization of racism are common techniques used to cover up or explain away recurring instances of racism, halting any meaningful discussion aimed at improving race relations in the United States.
- Subjects
RACE discrimination in employment; CRIMINAL justice system; MEDICAL care; RACISM; RACE relations in the United States
- Publication
Hinckley Journal of Politics, 2019, Vol 20, p25
- ISSN
2163-0798
- Publication type
Article