Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, profesor Sosiologi ring Duke University ngawedarang pikayun, "manut titiang rasisme punikia nenten tios ngenenin indik kasujatian kelompok; puniki indik kelompok ras sane akehan (kulit putih) sane sampun mautsaha mikukuhin kawisesan sitemiknyane miwah sane kedikan taler mikukuhin mangda prasida mademang status quo ras.
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Sociology professor at Duke University, remarks, "I contend that racism is, more than anything else, a matter of group power; it is about a dominant racial group (whites) striving to maintain its systemic advantages and minorities fighting to subvert the racial status quo.