Show racists Anti shadowed over-shadowed by white hate groups CPS DAVID AVID Duke and white hate groups are getting more more press than whites who actively fight racism said a University of Florida researcher There are a lot of heroes out there in their daily lives said sociologist Joe Feagin People have risked their jobs moved into desegregated neighborhoods and joined black organizations to show their solidarity with the blacks The study also shows that the lack of public attention given white racists anti is contributing to white Americans' Americans confusion about racial issues Feagin Fea in said Feagin and two OF graduate ate students Holly Hanson and Imani conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted in-depth in interviews with 50 white Florida residents residents resi resi- residents dents in a pilot study on racial ra- ra racial racial ra ra- cial attitudes White racists anti are people that Feagin said have come to terms with their own racism and wish to overcome it According to his teams team's investigation investigation investigation in in- the number of white activists in the n nation tion is approximately the same as the number of people who have joined white hate groups Feagin and his assistants found that white rac anti differ differ- from liberals who support affirmative action programs in that they put their money where their mouth is The study reflects that th t one wo woman an in a day-care day center l reported that she cried when she realized that thai she paid more attention to Hispanic toddlers than to black ones Another er woman said she suffered from the disease of racism even though her father father father fa fa- fa- fa ther was a prominent civil rights lawyer One white activist was reported reported reported re re- re- re ported to have said that she found black skin so beautiful that she wanted to write a song about it The researcher called the responses highly unusual Feagin who recently completed completed completed com com- a study on middle-class middle blacks attempting to break racial racial ra racial ra- ra cial barriers in white institutions institutions institutions is concerned about the potential for ra racial al violence inthe in inthe inthe the next decade They the blacks report so much discrimination so much pain agony and anger that I wanted to find out why whites are racists said Feagin Feagin Fea Pea gin who points out that moderate moderate moderate mod mod- erate white Americans have difficulty believing they are part of the problem Feagin points out that Miami has had five major race riots since 1980 Most whites are racists ra and until they realize that nothing can be done I call caU them the muddled middle-class' middle on the therace therace therace said race issue issue Feagin The sad thing is that there racist anti-racist equivalent of ofa is no the skinheads or orthe orthe orthe a or the white supremacy groups White gentile America needs organized and learn to get that the out group is really their in group We need to see the world as as a part of ourselves our our- V selves f- f r |