In “Racism Without Racists”, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva sheds light a means of social stratification regarded as Latin Americanization. Through this proposed model, a triracial divide forms between those deemed white, honorary white, and collective black (Bonilla-Silva 180). Purportedly, those who occupy a high space in this racial ladder, those in the white and high level honorary […]
The article “Racism without Racist” describes a very disturbing future triracial stratification system much like the ones in countries across Latin America with whites at the top followed by honorary whites and the collective black at the bottom— a system in which the fight against racism will be shut down by claims that racism is […]
The systems of white privilege and male privilege are very prevalent features of modern day society in the United States despite many people’s objections. In her paper, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” Peggy McIntosh identifies how certain groups of people are unaware of inherit privileges that they have due to race or gender. McIntosh […]
When did white become the default race? In today’s society it seems as though you’re “diverse” if you aren’t Caucasian. And you’re ethnic if you don’t fit into the standard mold of being white or black. Taking all of these things into account, it’s hard not to wonder how this all came to be? In […]
ITF office hours are cancelled for Tuesday, March 15 and Wednesday, March 16. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email: acarrozza@gradcenter.cuny.edu. I also wanted to add a note about the online tool Social Explorer that lets you map census data onto a chosen geographic area, and then create maps […]
Daniel Cohen Discussion Blog Post #2 In the present day, after centuries of social reform, it is tempting to declare racism over. In a sense, it is, at least overtly. Public figures who say racist things in public are ostracized, programs are in place to allow the disenfranchised (who are often of a racial minority) […]
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva offered an interesting plan to assuage racial conflicts in Racism without Racists. He proposed something he called a “triracial system”. Explaining the structure of the system he writes, “the emerging triracial system will be comprised of ‘whites’ at the top, an intermediary group of ‘honorary whites’-similar to the coloreds in South Africa during formal […]
In current events, every time the word “race” is brought up it means someone is trying to achieve a political agenda. We’re not appreciating the way people identify themselves but rather condescending those that are different and making them feel insecure about their distinctiveness. It is important for individuals to link their national identity, ethnicity, […]
While McIntosh explicitly discusses white privilege and Bonilla-Silva draws the readers attention towards structures built to maintain said privilege, the two pieces appear to have a parallel in their recognition of the rationally paradoxical. Bonilla-Silva speaks at length on perception of current racist constructs, thoroughly disentangling racial colorblindness from the ideology it claims to support. […]
I found this week’s readings more difficult to relate to, particularly because I’m not Dominican and haven’t been a victim of racism, but some parts of “Black Behind the Ears” — and Up Front Too? Dominicans in The Black Mosaic by Ginetta E.B. Candelario intrigued me. The problem of identity that’s noted throughout the article is […]
