SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Race Card, The Frames
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Color blind racism and responding to racial inequality. The frames of colorblind racism are used to neutralize debates about racial inequality. That is, these frames are a tool to prevent solutions to race-related problems. Ideologies are about meaning in the service of power" . The central component of any dominant racial ideology is its frames or set paths for interpreting information . Uses ideas associated with political liberalism (e. g. , equal opportunity ) and economic liberalism (e. g. , choice, individualism) in an abstract manner to explain racial matters . The most qualified always rise to the top. It all comes down to individual choice. Allows whites to explain away racial phenomena by suggesting they are natural occurrences . We all prefer to be with our own kind. Relies on culturally based arguments such as mexicans do not put much emphasis on education" and blacks have too many babies" to explain the standing of minorities in society .
