Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Unconscious Racism in the Election

Here is a link to a useful op-ed piece in the Times about the way unconscious racism may play a role in the election: "Racism without Racists".

From the piece: "...the evidence is that Senator Obama is facing what scholars have dubbed 'racism without racists.' The racism is difficult to measure, but a careful survey completed last month by Stanford University, with The Associated Press and Yahoo, suggested that Mr. Obama’s support would be about six percentage points higher if he were white. That’s significant but surmountable."


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