Aversive Racism is a theory propose by Gaertner & Dovidio (1986) based on the idea that evaluations of racial/ethnic minorities are characterised by a conflict between White's endorsement of egalitarian values and their unacknowledged negative attitudes toward racial/ethnic out-groups. As opposed to old-fashioned racism, which is characterised by overt hatred for and discrimination against racial/ethnic minorities, aversive racism is characterised by more complex, ambivalent racial expressions and attitudes.