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From Whiteness to Colorblindness in Public Policies: Racial Formation and Urban Development

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In the contemporary era, as U.S. society attempts to move toward racial equality, there is major
disagreement among scholars regarding the degree to which public policies contribute to inequality.
Discussion of a postracial society and colorblind ideology suggests that racial discrimination has been
greatly reduced, while research on whiteness and systemic racism asserts that racial discrimination
remains deeply imbedded in institutions. Using three case studies involving development in Southern
California, I contribute to this debate by documenting and analyzing shifts in public views toward race
within the context of colorblind ideology, how those views affect public discussions and are translated into
public policies, and the racial effects of those policies. The case studies demonstrate that while systemic
racism continues, in the context of colorblindness, local perspectives, strategies, and policies regarding
race vary widely. The cases also show how racialized space operates through the distribution of resources
and struggles over exclusion. In the first case, deliberate racism and exclusion operate covertly under
the cover of colorblindness. In the second case, an attempt to implement race-neutral policies generates
results that favor whites because of the unrecognized racial practices embedded in institutional practices.
Grassroots mobilization successfully challenges these policies through political action. In the third case, I
suggest that activists take into account the influence of colorblind ideology and strategically frame their
objectives and political actions in nonracial social justice terms to craft policies that take race into account because of the relationship between race and space.

Keywords: racial formation, whiteness, colorblindness, development, race, space, and public policy

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Judul Seri

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

New York : American Sociological Association., 2015

Deskripsi Fisik

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 2015, Vol. 1(1) 37– 51

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English

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DOI: 10.1177/2332649

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Tipe Media

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2015, Vol. 1(1)

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SOSIOLOGI

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