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Bonilla-Silva, E. (2006). Color-blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States (2nd Ed.). (Ch. 3: The style of color blindness: How to talk nasty about minorities without sounding racist, pp. 53-74)

Abstract Liberalism: involves using ideas associated with political liberalism and economic liberalism in an abstract manner to explain racial matters.

Naturalization: allows whites to explain away racial phenomena by suggesting they are natural occurrences.

Naturalization is a frame that allows whites to explain away racial phenomena by suggesting they are natural occurrences for example whites can claim segregation is natural because people from all backgrounds gravitate toward likeness. Although, the above statements can be interpreted as racist and as contradicting the colorblind logic they are used to reinforce the myth of nonracialism. How? by suggesting these preferences are almost biologically driven and typical of all groups in society, preferences for primary associations with members of ones race are rationalized as nonracial because they (racial minorities) do it too (p. 28).

Cultural Racism: relies on culturally based arguments to explain the standing of minorities in society.

Cultural racism is a frame that relies on culturally based arguments (p. 28)

Minimization of Racism: suggests discrimination is no longer a central factor affecting minorities life choices.

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The Four Frames of Color-Blindness Laura Bestler

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