Interrogating Racism

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

What does it mean to be racist? Racialized attitudes clearly impact contemporary politics, and numerous studies attempt to identify how and when politicians invoke race to shape election and policy outcomes. Yet, the full reach of racism, and the variety of expressions of anti-Black attitudes in particular, require ongoing investigation, particularly as the Democratic party grapples with the racial conflict that attend big-tent politics. This panel examines various expressions of white racism in an attempt to answer the question: What does it mean to be racist?

Sub Unit

• Division 32: Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

Individual Presentations

• From Sea to Shining Sea? Mapping Anti-Black Attitudes Across the United States - Camille Danielle Burge, Villanova University; Princess H Williams, Amherst College

• Let’s Talk About Race, Baby: Racialized Rhetoric and the Democratic Party - Maneesh Arora, Wellesley College

• What Does it Mean to be Racist? - Eric Groenendyk, University of Memphis; Antoine J. Banks, University of Maryland

Chair

• Tehama Lopez Bunyasi George Mason University

Discussant

• Angie Maxwell University of Arkansas, Fayetteville