Old-fashioned racism

People who exhibit old-fashioned racism endorse derogatory statements about the innate capabilities and intellect of minorities.

[1] OFR has mostly been applied to white perceptions of black people in the US, though there is evidence of old-fashioned racism towards other minority groups such as Muslims.

Instead, they are characterized by the belief that minorities do not uphold traditional American values, particularly the Protestant work ethic.

[1] The scholar Michael Tesler argues that the election of the first black president Barack Obama in 2008 caused a resurgence of old-fashioned racism in US society.

Tesler found that both overt, old-fashioned racism and racial resentment influenced how people perceived Obama.