African American
Related: About this forumI saw this in the twitterverse and I have a legitimate question
{I haven't had a college class on sociology for many years, and when I saw this, it started me down a maze.}
The question, what is the difference between racism and 'symbolic racism?
Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) Tweeted:
In other words, black or brown candidates wont win the racist voters, even with policies consistent with many of their preferences, because those voters are racist. https://t.co/JV1JkEHJEt
Link to tweet
There are many scholarly articles with this term. I'm really not seeing a difference.
Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)I do remember seeing on the news back when Candidate Obama was running, a reporter following an Obama canvasser in a white neighborhood. The two never really step inside the house. The wife stood at the door and you could hear her husband shout from inside, "We're voting for the N" word. I thought then only because things are dreadful.
I know I saw it but can't find video of it. But did find this and other sources that reported it "Racists for Obama: Plenty of white bigots will vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday. There are some things they fear more than black people."
https://www.salon.com/2008/11/03/racists_for_obama/
irisblue
(34,405 posts)I was astounded. Gobsmacked
Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)I still don't know where to place that statement.