1. The Bridge over the Racial Divide
... America as an obstacle to multiracial coalition building is essential. The author identifies two types of racism-biological racism and cultural racism. He states that hardly anyone today would endorse biological racism, that is, a categorical belief in the biological inferiority of African-Americans. Old, rejected theories of biological inferiority have been replaced, in many instances, by a form of cultural racism within American institutions. This ... racism often leads to a perception of a particular group, generally blacks, as "culturally deprived" and, although biologically equal, ...
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- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: Graduate