SOC 156 Study Guide - Scientific Racism, Reverse Discrimination, Equal Protection Clause
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Conceptions of racism after the civil rights revolution. Racial realists conclude that racism has ended because of the massive change in white attitudes towards blacks over the past 60 years. For example, more than half of all whites once believed that blacks were intellectually inferior. In 1994, however, only 13% of whites believed that blacks had less inborn ability to learn than whites. Whites also used to favor school segregation by overwhelming majorities, but now 90% favor school integration. In the 1940s, whites believe they should be favored in competition for jobs. Today, on the other hand, whites unanimously agree that blacks and whites should have an equal chance to compete for jobs. Two racial realists, this evidence means that the color line has been radically altered. Although many whites still accept one or more negative stereotypes about african.
