Chapter 07

Everyday Racism

This chapter looks at the racism that is personal and individual. Understanding the racism role of racism in everyday interactions is first discussed in terms of stereotyping. While stereotypes are often expressed in clear and unambiguous ways, whites also use microaggressions where stereotypes of non-whites are implied. Anthony

As Martin Luther King, Jr. day (January 15, 2018) approaches, I am thinking about what to do this year. Last year (2017) I got up early and went to the MLK memorial to join a small group of people. Looking back, I think I was largely motivated to go to the program at the memorial because I didn’t have a clear plan for how to spend the day. The previous year, (2016) I joined people I worked with at the U.S. Department of Education in a service project where we worked on cleaning up and adding fresh paint to a DC public school. Using King’s holiday as a day of service makes a lot of sense. But after reading John Bargh's, Before You Know It, I started to wonder how much my unconscious mind had determined my past activities on King's Holiday.