As racism mutated in different eras in America, each adaption proved to be just as deceptive for those in the dominant group—not because of their race, but because of their social networks and social location. What we are considering now are the implications of 350 years of misperception by those within dominant society. The dominant group has been unable to recognize, see, or know racial injustice in America because their socialized intuitions shielded them from seeing the concrete realities.
