The concept of "the racist" is an obstacle for the proper study racism itself, because it allows us to heap our attention and blame on a small piece of the larger problem—rather than understanding racism as the system that structures racial inequity.
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva is chair and professor of sociology at Duke University, and the author of Racism Without Racists: Colorblind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America.