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Martin Luther King Jr.
2018 special edition
January 10, 2018
Bias
Perceptions
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Racial
Progress
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shows this group isn’t likely to stay on
the sidelines.
“The problem is that for these peo-
ple who really think that the order of
society should be a particular way -
what they experience by perceiving
bias is that they should do something
to re-establish that order,” she states.
Wilkins says demographic projec-
tions showing that white Americans
will become the minority in the next
few decades is contributing to the idea
that white people are under attack.
She says while fighting back against
this perception is hard, the best way
might be to downplay the idea of com-
petition between different groups of
people.
Eric Tegethoff is a reporter for Ore-
gon News Service.
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