silent racism

After doing the reading for Wednesday's class and hearing the discussion we had, it makes me think about the different point of views towards racism. In the book, Trepagnier accuses people for being racist because of their thoughts images or their assumptions. I think that’s true in certain situations but not all. Back in the civil war days yes, racism was probably the biggest problem in the U.S. There were clearly racist policies and laws that were created to discriminate against the blacks and other minorities. However being that its 2010 I think the term "silent racism" is just another word for stereotyping. If people are judging others because their color, sex or gender then the ones doing the judging are being stereotypical. For example like when Taylor said the comment in class about him not being comfortable when he sees a Mexican walking the down the street from his house then that's being stereotypical. Taylor's not being racist by saying this comment he's just aware of the stereotypes of the Spanish and black minorities. This example is no different from a Middle Eastern person being harassed at the airports, or blacks being harassed by the police. I think the world is less based on racism and more on stereo types.