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In this chapter, the author discusses the relationship between racist beliefs, post-racist beliefs, and race-based aggression. The author asserts that racist and post-racist beliefs often precede racist microaggressions and macroaggressions. In other words, microaggressors and macroaggressors usually hold racist or post-racist beliefs before they commit a microaggression or macroaggression. The chapter also discusses cultural competence as the antidote to racist and post-racist beliefs.
Racist and post-racist beliefs often precede racist microaggressions and macroaggressions.
—Dr. Charisse Levchak
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Levchak, C.C. (2018). Racist Beliefs and the Importance of Cultural Competence. In: Microaggressions and Modern Racism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70332-9_3
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