THEO 1089 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Moral Authority, Symbolic Racism, The Iconic
19 Mar 2018
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Define the white space and its place in symbolic racism. A perceptual category denoting that certain public spaces (middle-to-upper class areas; country clubs, suburbs, elite schools, churches, neighborhoods, universities) are for white people (black people will feel uncomfortable; are easily content with very few poc. Generally, this is a space in which black people are uncomfortable. They are questioned habitually and are often made to feel inferior. Have to do the extra work of proving themselves. The literal ghetto is a real problem, but some black people have upward mobility and have to go into (cid:1445)the white space(cid:1446) to have success but they are still associated with the iconic ghetto. There are more black people in different levels of society now. Blackness becomes the primary identity of black people. Black people have less moral authority (this is not true, simply a common thread in the white space!)
