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'Inventing Racism' by G.E. Zuriff

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general belief today that racism has slowly declined in the United States, there has been an extension to the definition of racism which in a sense "lowers the bar" in  recent sociological and psychological studies which try to prove that racism is still as prevalent today as it always has been and their studies may even prove that more racism  exists than previously thought (Zuriff, 2002). Zuriff has a problem with the ways in which the definition of racism has been extended. In considering the evidence Zuriff uses to support  his claim of this shift, his reasoning based on research studies is sound, however he provides little statistical data to support his argument.  Zuriff has questioned the validity of the studies which have been conducted in the "new" areas of racial prejudice called modern racism, aversive racism and implicit stereotypes. Traditionally racism was  thought to be considered a set of negative feelings towards blacks which may or may not lead to hostile acts but which no doubt led to job discrimination and abuse  among other things. Zuriffs article and all of the studies he analyzes focuses entirely on black and white issues in the United States (Zuriff, 2002). In addition, most of the  studies he has found seem to measure white college and populations in regards to their racial prejudice against blacks. Other races and gender bias are not discussed nor are other  races studies in their biases. Nevertheless, Zuriff continues in his questioning of three main areas that have been recently studied. Modern racism was  a term used to describe a model of anti-black issues which related to the traditional American moral values as reflected in the Protestant Ethic as described by social psychologist David