Discrimination is a thing of the past because blacks now have the freedom to compete in the marketplace and to enjoy those things they can afford. Blacks are pushing too hard, too fast and into places where they are not wanted. The tactics and demands of activists are unfair. Therefore, recent gains are undeserved. The prestige granting institutions of society are giving blacks more attention and status than they deserve.
Racism is bad.
The beliefs of modern racism do not qualify as racist because they are alleged to be empirically grounded. Thus, those whose beliefs are described as modern racism do not define their own beliefs and attitudes as racist. According to this orientation, many white Americans with strong egalitarian values simultaneously have negative feelings and beliefs about blacks. Attitudes need not be consistent and in this case may be the result of conflict between cognition and socialization. Because aversive racists put a high value on egalitarian beliefs, the contradiction between those feelings and racial attitudes is handled by excluding the racist feelings from awareness.