Gainous Jason
University of Louisville, KY.
J Black Stud. 2012;43(3):251-73. doi: 10.1177/0021934711417436.
Some contend that Whites’ application of values to form opinions about race-conscious policy may constitute a subtle form of racism. Others challenge the new racism thesis, suggesting that racism and values are exclusive in their influence. Proponents of the thesis assert that many Whites’ attitudes about such policy are structured by a mix of racism and American individualism. The author suggests that an even more subtle form of racism may exist. Racism may actually be expressed in opposition to big government. The test results presented here indicate that the effects of limited-government values on attitudes about race-conscious policy are conditional on levels of racial prejudice for many Whites, whereas the effects on racially ambiguous social welfare policy attitudes are not. The author contends that these results provide support to the argument that racism still exists and has found a new subtle expression.
一些人认为，白人运用价值观来形成关于种族意识政策的观点可能构成一种微妙的种族主义形式。另一些人则对新种族主义论点提出质疑，认为种族主义和价值观在其影响方面是相互排斥的。该论点的支持者断言，许多白人对这类政策的态度是由种族主义和美国个人主义的混合体构成的。作者认为可能存在一种更为微妙的种族主义形式。种族主义实际上可能表现为反对大政府。这里呈现的测试结果表明，对于许多白人来说，有限政府价值观对种族意识政策态度的影响取决于种族偏见的程度，而对种族模糊的社会福利政策态度的影响则并非如此。作者认为这些结果为种族主义仍然存在并找到了一种新的微妙表现形式这一论点提供了支持。
