Common Sense Racism By Lawrence Goodwyn Summary

Ian Haney-Lopez writes his article about the “common sense of racism” in the United States while Lawrence Goodwyn shares his views on culture in the ever-changing society. When Haney Lopez discusses common sense, he speaks about more of a generalization of different cultures. Essentially if you were a Caucasian male, common sense racism would be to hide your phone at the presence of a person of color simply because of the stereotypical connotations added to their skin tone. Whereas Goodwyn discusses how in populist culture, society is geared towards a certain way of thinking due to how everything is portrayed by the media and by political figures. Goodwyn expresses how “Movements” were created in order to institute a certain way of thinking.