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I'm Not Racist, I Have Black Friends
"I'm not racist; I have black friends" (variant: "Some of my best friends are black") is a saying which is often employed by white people to justify their claim that they are not racist towards black people. The phrase, which gained popularity in the mid-2010s, has since sparked many internet memes and debates over racial attitudes. Its use in a discussion related to the election of Donald Trump as US president in 2016, on the US television show '' Black-ish'', led to widespread discussion in the media of the "old trope". A 2004 study in ''Basic and Applied Social Psychology'' listed the phrase as a "common laim ofinnocence by association". A 2011 study published in the ''Journal of Black Studies'' suggested that African Americans were rarely impressed by whites claiming to have "Black friends", and that the claim was more likely to make African Americans think that the person making it was in fact more, not less, prejudiced. The phrase is cited as an instance of "resistance to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Opinion Quarterly
''Public Opinion Quarterly'' is an academic journal published by Oxford University Press for the American Association for Public Opinion Research, covering communication studies and political science. It was established in 1937 and according to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.429, ranking it 20th out of 79 journals in the category "Communication", 37th out of 163 journals in the category "Political Science" and 18th out of 93 journals in the category "Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary". The journal was originally sponsored by Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Its first editor-in-chief was former diplomat DeWitt Clinton Poole. See also * List of political science journals This is a list of political science journals presenting representative academic journals in the field of political science. A *''Acta Politica'' *''African Affairs'' *''American Journal of Political Science'' *''Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large national audience. Daily broadsheet editions are printed for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. Financier Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy in 1933 and revived its health and reputation, work continued by his successors Katharine and Phil Graham (Meyer's daughter and son-in-law), who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post'' 1971 printing of the Pentagon Papers helped spur opposition to the Vietnam War. Subsequently, in the best-known episode in the newspaper's history, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press's investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokenism
Tokenism is the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to be inclusive to members of minority groups, especially by recruiting people from underrepresented groups in order to give the appearance of racial or gender equality within a workplace or educational context. The effort of including a token individual in work or school is usually intended to create the impression of social inclusiveness and diversity (racial, religious, sexual, etc.). History The social concept and the employment practice of ''tokenism'' became understood in the popular culture of the United States in the late 1950s. In the face of racial segregation, tokenism emerged as a solution that though earnest in effort, only acknowledged an issue without actually solving it. In the book ''Why We Can't Wait'' (1964), civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. discussed the subject of tokenism, and how it constitutes a minimal acceptance of black people to the mainstream of U.S. society. When as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhetorical Shields
In the context of racism, rhetorical shields, also called discursive buffers, are semantic moves or strategically managed propositions to safely state certain views. They commonly appear as nonracial utterances between racial statements. Examples Disclaimers Disclaimers serve as a strategy to dismiss the racial nature of a story. Examples of such utterances are " I am not a racist, but..." and " Some of my best friends are black". They may be used to save face, such as in the statement "I didn't mean that because, as I told you, I am not a racist". The phrase "yes and no" as a response to a question about an issue could also be used in such a manner. Here, an individual may try to show that they are ambivalent on a very controversial issue, apparently taking or examining all sides, but they may actually conclude with taking a firm stand to one side of the issue. Another way to achieve this is through credentialing, which entails a discursive practice of listing characteristics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
