[Sherman]

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Your peers have created two new forms of racism to replace other forms of racism. Now why do you think that is? Because there would be alot of psychology "professionials" out of work if racism was declared insignificant.

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I noticed that you made no effort to indicate the credibility of your statements. While I am not an expert on racism (nor do I find it an interesting field of study) I find it hard to believe that my "peers created" two new forms of racism. I am quite confident that they are honestly reporting what the gathered data indicate.

And no, there are plenty of social problems to go around in America alone to keep psychologists in profession for a long time, so my peers are certainly not motivated to keep racism around in an effort to keep their jobs. As a matter of fact, I have found that most racism researchers are motivated to solve racial problems because of negative life experiences of their own.

I can understand your sentiments though. It certainly is easier to remain ignorant to real social problems than think critically about them.

Regards,

R. Sherman
Ph. D. Student Personality/Social Psychology