Modern Racism Analysis

In the article written by Sue et al. it is noted that the face of racism has changed in the modern age to three new forms of racism that were referred to as ‘modern racism’, ‘averse racism’ and ‘symbolic racism’. It also notes that according to 1998 data, racism is one of the most divisive and ingrained forces America is confronted with, and that many people aren't even aware their actions are racist in part because of the still long lasting legacies of the racism.
Summery
The article notes that one of the ways that racism is displayed in modern times is by way of ‘racial microagressions’ that are categorized as microinvalidaiton, microinsult, and microassult. Microinvalidation was described as often unconscious behaviors or comments that may nullify or negate feelings and experiential reality of one of a minority race. Examples given were ‘color blindness’, ‘alien in own land’, ‘myth of meritocracy’, and ‘denial of individual racism’. The second form was called microinsult, and it includes behavior such as ‘ascription of intelligence’, ‘second class citizens’, ‘pathologizing cultural values/communication style’, and ‘assumption of criminal status’. Microinsult was described as often unconscious comments or behavior that …show more content…
Except microagression itself, these are forms of racism that are ingrained in the person in such a way that they are in some cases completely unaware that their actions are racist. This aspect of the modern age of racism needs to be confronted by the modern age of technology as more information is collect to allow people to become better aware of their own actions and of those around them. Modern racism should be confronted by a movement in the American people just as the civil rights movement was, but it needs to be confronted out of love and respect for our differences, not to prove who is more American than the person beside