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Wood, Jeremy. “Is ‘Symbolic Racism’ Racism? A Review Informed by Intergroup Behavior.” //Political Psychology //, vol. 15, no. 4, 1994, pp. 673–686.

“Is "Symbolic Racism" Racism? A Review Informed by Intergroup Behavior”

This article investigates the meaning and application of Symbolic racism in our society. If it is real is how is relates to racism, along with a segment of what racism is or so-called to be. Within the the reading it argues for symbolic racism including theories on the Racial Threat hypothesis exclaiming that those that are “symbolically” racist may not be racist, but more so having a conflict of interest. The text seems to offer a look into the less abhorrent “redneck” way of in-you-face racism and offer a take on on how unspoken racism and racism in the terms of the disenfranchisement of the negro and/or a general negative effect on blacks. As well as stay somewhat unbiased in the terms of reporting various theories of what racism and symbolic racism is. The text is able to give several different viewpoints on the same topic, but here is where the limit lies, are a definitive answer to their hypothesis, or are of the arguments are not found to be the “right” answer. But rather various opinions with somewhat backing, all accepted by few.