Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America Free Audiobook Download by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

Racism without Racists is a book by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva that explores how racism persists in America despite the fact that it has been officially eliminated. Bonilla-Silva argues that color-blind ideals continue to divide Americans and uphold racial inequality, and that these ideologies have made the achievement of equality far more difficult than if there had been overt racism in America.

Racism without Racists is a book that discusses and critically analyzes color-blind racism, a form of racism that is said to be the least bad among forms of discrimination. The author argues that color-blind racism has been more damaging than other forms such as explicit or hypersensitive white supremacy. In this way, the author looks at how the color-blind racist think from their point of view rather than the point of view of those who suffer from these discriminatory practices.

Racism is a “system of beliefs and practices by which some groups are treated differently from others based on perceived distinctions such as age, gender, race, ethnicity, social class, nationality or birth”. Throughout history this system has always been present in America, but it has evolved into color-blind racism. Color-blindness is not the same as race blindness because it is possible to have color-blindness without being blind to the fact that certain races have less opportunities than others. Author Eduardo Bonilla-Silva explains color-blind racism in detail and provides examples of how Americans still practice racial inequality despite its decline in the past century.

"In recent decades, the United States has witnessed a disturbing phenomenon: color-blind racism. Color-blind racism is an ideology that disavows institutional and structural distinctions between whites and nonwhites and seeks to challenge racial privileges without addressing the problem at its root--the inequities of racial power or status."

Racial inequality is an enduring feature of American society. Color-blind racism asserts that "race no longer matters" in America, yet racist rhetoric and racial violence are still rampant. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva argues that color blindness is the cause of this persistence, particularly the tendency to blame people of color for their own inferiorities and the failure of mainstream institutions to address these problems.

The concept of “color-blind racism” argues that those who subscribe to this ideology don’t notice the color of a person’s skin—they simply see them as individuals. Color-blind racists do not recognize the ways in which race continues to impact America. This audiobook addresses how some people have learned to hide their own prejudices in order to avoid being labeled racist and how we can change our attitudes about race without giving up on equality.