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A Sociological Analysis: Erasing the Racial Boundaries in Post-Race America. (1) I would like to start off with a summary of the reading by Charles A. Gallagher entitled Color-Blind Privilege. The 21st century is here, and America boasts many titles including world superpower and super economy. But even at the center of such greatness lies a cancer of discrimination that is eating into the heart of the founding principles America as a nation was built upon. Charles Gallagher published an analysis in his book “Color-blind privilege: The social and political functions of erasing color line in post-race America.” And he gives his audience an unparalleled view into the cancer of racism that has been the one main issue in American socio-political History. Gallagher points out that most Americans today live in a delusional social utopia, assuming that racial segregation doesn’t exist. He systematically goes ahead to dismantle this notion limb from limb by pointing out the educational, economic and political segregation that exists between racial lines using analogies of national debt to depict the extent to which America has sunk in the war against racial discrimination. (2A) Next, allow me to highlight the quote that moved me most; “National polling data indicate that majority of whites now believe that discrimination against racial minorities no longer exists” (Ladson-Billings, N.p) The quote is found in the second paragraph of the 32nd chapter in page 206 of “Color-Blind Privilege” (2B) This line moved me because it goes to show that the whites are either in denial of the reality of things or they aren’t willing to face the reality of addressing the
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