Dasilva's Racial Formation In The United States

DaSilva believes that racism is practiced primarily by the white population and, as instances of overt discrimination become more difficult to find in contemporary America, he contends that racism must be shrouded in something called ‘color-blind racism’ and white privilege. The use of this ideology to justify the persistent inequities present in society relies on the assumption that the dominant culture is somehow working in concert to maintain the status quo of racial superiority. However, it does not explain the success of other minority groups, such as east and south Asians in the US. The notion that people can just simply be categorized based on race which ascribes to them an inherent privilege or lack of it, ignores the fundamental complexity of all human beings. It seems that white privilege is racism without evidence. There is a strong counter-argument to this line of thinking that the problems which afflict people of color can be seen as rooted in their pathological cultures. …show more content…
However, it is not morally valid to treat people differently based solely on race unless one assumes that it is to make up for historical wrongs. As a result of a constant political struggle with respect to race relations, society will need to transform its thinking about racial