PHIL 1550 Lecture 13: Racism
19 Apr 2016
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(1) is controversial because some might not believe racism is wrong (that doesn"t mean necessarily that. (2) is controversial because some think that racism no longer exists. They point to legal prohibitions they think it"s right) against discrimination: note that this is like saying that there is no drug culture because drugs are prohibited. Concerning (2), these critics claim that any lingering disparities can be attributed in some degree to the complaining groups themselves (392-393: this has been seen as a manifestation of a new kind of racism. It is possible to have: a racist worldview. Then racism is a worldview that structures how a person understands the world. This worldview is joined to some empirical assumptions: racist beliefs. These may not be fully articulated by individual agents (394). It is possible to have both: a worldview that accepts/interprets so-called empirical evidence. Racism cannot be determined solely according to the agent"s intent.
