In my opinion, the most dangerous stereotype and one that allows racism to flourish is the one that “racists” are people who live in southern or flyover states, shop at WalMart, are Evangelical Christians, do not go to college, and vote Republican. A lot of urban, non-Christian, educated “progressives” like Lena Dunham do a good job of convincing themselves that they are not racist, b/c they drink espresso, and listen to jazz or Mos Def, and live in cities, voted for Obama and sometimes have sex with POC, and as a result, they give themselves free reign to engage in racism on a regular basis.
Commenter nicthommi in a discussion of Lena Dunham on Racialicious (via thefemcritique)