In a reality-show, “Black. White” first broadcasted in 2006, there were two families taking part: a white one and a family of color. Within the frame of the project, they were asked to live under one roof for some time and, with the help of make-up experts, to switch their skin color (“Black. White” par. 1). Such a shift of personality was designed to emphasize the drastic diversity of the way society treated white people and people of color. It was to demonstrate that the problem of racism was still pressing. Still, despite the seemingly illustrative demonstration, some white people thought the problem was overly exaggerated and not worth their attention (Dreisinger 66). Why the white people disguised as black did not feel they were being discriminated against? Because the time of out-in-the-open oppression has gone. Instead, today’s racist attitudes are deeply intertwined with American society’s rules. This is what the authors under study (Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and Philip Q. Yang) emphasize, among other issues. Although they overview the problem from different perspectives, they agree that modern racism has various forms, and the problem is as serious as ever. While “Ethnic Studies: Issues and Approaches” by Philip Yang seems to inform the reader of existing racial issues and explanations merely, Bonilla-Silva in his work “Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States” tend to analyze the information and draw conclusions about modern racism critically. Still, there are some common points; for example, both authors emphasize the conspiratory character of racism today. It is visible that, although few people openly identify themselves as racist, racism is a normal state of things. The authors explain that the reason for it is mainly that people are too used to thinking about each other in terms of physical appearance. It is deeply rooted in the collective subconscious that there are norms and modes of behavior and that all ethnic groups should follow these norms. People are prone to judgment, which is what ethnocentrism takes roots from (Yang 67). Judgment is what generally makes white people think people of color are worse than themselves simply because they do not fit their concept of “normal.” Bonilla-Silva, in his turn, supports this position stating that judgmental attitudes hide under the mask of color-blindness (1). Judgment was, in fact, one of the conditions of slavery back in the 17th century, and the after-effects of it still linger on. Back then, people of color were considered subhuman (Yang 69). Today, the stereotypes have somewhat faded in favor of “seeing people, not a color,” and the shift of attitudes is widely accepted; what is still unacceptable is the action towards actual change (Bonilla-Silva 1, 5). Much has been said about competition in which people like Barack Obama have participated and won. However, such people are an exception. It just gives white Americans the right to claim racism is gone, and they overlook the facts which show that it is not. The American Government is almost totally white. So are the big sports, science, medicine, and stage (Revoner 77-85). It only demonstrates that a racist collective subconscious is ready to accept the change in attitude, but on