The White Racial Frame
The White Racial Frame by Joe R. Feagin Feagin defines racism as a consistent problem that has lingered in American society since the founding of the country. There are many things that can be held accountable for this issue. Feagin’s min idea is that there is a different state of mind between the races, especially in the United States. History has proven to repeat itself as far as racism goes. There have been many changes that have pushed this country in the right direction as far as abolishing racism, but many problems are still very much alive. We have made significant changes, such as abolishing slavery, getting rid of racism in numerous aspects of legality, and outlawing public displays of racism to level the equality in everyday life. According to Feagin, this issue is called the white racial frame. By this, he means that the white population in America still has very racist ideals, but has managed to believe differently. Since the percentage of people who are in control of the money and power in this country still remains mostly white, many things that still go on are in favor of the white population. Feagin believes that since the white population has talked themselves in to believing that racism has been defeated, it is nearly impossible to progress to achieve full equality in this country. The white racial frame puts into perspective how every non-white individual in America feels. Frustration, at least, must be a common feeling between all off these people. The worry here is that racism and oppression is so deeply rooted in American history that making it disappear once and for all is well beyond problematic. If the white population continues to believe that this problem has been solved, they are not working as hard to fix it. Why would they? When the issue is broken down, it is easy to understand that they are surely not going to work toward fixing something they see as not being broken. I must agree with Feagin when he says that