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In spring of 1997, a survey was conducted to gather data from four universities on undergraduate students about their social attitudes. A total of 732 students participated, 541 of them being White and the remaining 191 identified themselves as Asian, Black, Latino, Native American, or other racial group. The survey put emphasis on race and racial issues. After taking the survey, a follow-up interview was done on some of the White respondents. The article concludes that "interview data reveal that the liberal, free market, and pragmatic rhetoric of color-blind racism allows Whites to defend White supremacy in an apparently nonracial manner."

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Protesters were bitter about the outcome of the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case. Thy were confused as to how a murderer can be freed from punishment. Lawrence Bobo, a Harvard sociologist, says racism has transformed over the years. Unlike the Jim Crow era, racism blames the cultural norms and where that race stands economically and socially in society. African-Americans are blamed for their disadvantages in society because they "don't work hard enough" or "they don't have the right values." Laissez-faire racism works in George Zimmerman's favor. In Florida, the law allows people to have altercations with others if it's for self-defense. Even though this law seems to be colorblind, it benefits white Americans by protecting them from the stereotypical view of African Americans being violent.