Studies Reveal So-Called ‘Racially Progressive’ White Millennials Are Not So Different

[KamaAina]

From the Racist Generations That Came Before Them

http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/01/26/studies-reveal-called-racially-progressive-white-millennials-different-racist-generations-came/

Millennials have long been praised as one of the most racially progressive generations in America’s history, but a closer look at data about the young generation’s views and overall racial bias suggests that white millennials aren’t actually as progressive as many previously thought....

But despite comforting media headlines that assure the nation that millennials will likely deliver a serious blow to racism once they start taking on positions of power, it seems white millennials are only willing to describe themselves as “racially tolerant”—their actual social, political and economic views and inherent racial biases don’t support their illustrious title.

While nearly all millennials agreed in a Pew study that “everyone should be treated equally, regardless of their race,” a 2012 study by a Syracuse University professor revealed that “white millennials appear to be no less prejudiced than the rest of the white population,” Al Jazeera reported.

Perhaps the biggest issue is the fact that many white millennials didn’t even consider racism to be much of a problem in America anymore, claiming that white people face just as much discrimination as Black people do.

[msanthrope]

1. No shit. You see that in action on DU, every day. nt

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. This ...

Such studies serve as proof that the white community tends to be extremely disconnected and oblivious to the realities of racism in America and what impact it has on people of color.

Is proven near daily here on DU; but what is more troubling, is the apparent lack of desire to connect and become aware ... unless that effort is carefully couched and perceived (by them) as being "non-threatening."