Thursday, November 05, 2009

Racism without racists - Short Stack

Racism without racists - Short Stack: Racism without racists

Rich Benjamin spent two years traveling through white America and discovered a country filled with kind and endearing white individuals. In his book 'Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America,' published by Hyperion in October, Benjamin reveals that he also found something else: a legacy of racial segregation and division resulting from habits, policies, and institutions that don't explicitly discriminate. In the following contribution, Benjamin, a senior fellow at Demos, a nonpartisan think tank, describes the nature of structural racism.