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An 8 page essay that contrasts and compares the positions taken by Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith in their book Divided by Faith and the stance of David Hollinger in Postethnic America. The writer summarizes the main arguments from each text and then discusses them. No additional sources cited.
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assessment of American race relations that causes the reader to reevaluate some fundamental assumptions about the nature of modern race relations. The typical white American would like to think that
race relations have improved. In fact, member of the far right argue that racism no longer exists as a rationale for dismantling affirmative action legislation. However, Emerson and Smith off
a framework for racialization that makes several uncomfortable assertions about US racial relations. They argue that the racial practices that reproduce racial division in the contemporary United States -
1) are increasingly covert; 2) are embedded in normal operations of institutions, 3) avoid direct racial terminology and 4) are invisible to most Whites (2000, p. 9). This framework denies
that racism is an individual, overt prejudice or that it is a free-floating irrational driver of race problems, but rather that racism is the "collective misuse of power that results
in diminished life opportunities for some racial groups" (Emerson and Smith, 2000, p. 9). Emerson and Smith (2000) address racism in America through the lens offered by evangelical Christian
faith, tracing the history of the way that Christian religious practice has related to African Americans from the countrys inception before discussing the current status of race relations. Whenever
the authors speak of the present era what is most striking is the marked division between white and black perspectives. To the white evangelical, such as "Debbie," racial problems
are largely a matter of misinterpretation. She states that if an argument happens between two white men or two white women, everyone looks toward the context of the argument, but
if the argument is between a black person and a white person, the argument is automatically labeled racism (p. 70). Beyond this, "Debbie" is willing to admit that true racial
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