In his ethnomethodological study of conversations at a race training workshop, discussed in Chapter 3, Whitehead found that individuals tended to avoid directly mentioning race. Study participants also downplayed the significance of race as an explanation for people's experiences. Whitehead argues that this is important because, at the macro level, conversations that reflect the commonly held assumption that race is no longer important in shaping people's experiences:

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Whitehead argues that avoiding direct discussions about race and downplaying its significance only serves to reproduce existing patterns of racial/ethnic inequality. By ignoring the role that race plays in shaping people's experiences, conversations and interactions continue to be shaped by implicit biases and stereotypes that maintain racial hierarchies.

In His Ethnomethodological Study of Conversations at a Race Training