Here it is:
RACE PREJUDICE
+ POWER
RACISM
(RACE PREJUDICE plus POWER equals RACISM)
ISMs are a belief system, an idiology, systemic
Prejudice is pre judge(ment)
All people have racial prejudice.
Only while people have power (that is, we have institutions and systems backing us).
So all white people can be, and are racist.
At different levels...it doesn't mean we are all "bad", or "evil"; we have more power due to the systems and institutions set up in favor of white people.
Yes, this might be painful to see, or admit. We were reminded at the workshop to get our feelings out of it. Learn from this so we use our power to make changes to the current, white-favoring, institutions and systems.
Prejudice is pre judge(ment)
All people have racial prejudice.
Only while people have power (that is, we have institutions and systems backing us).
So all white people can be, and are racist.
At different levels...it doesn't mean we are all "bad", or "evil"; we have more power due to the systems and institutions set up in favor of white people.
Yes, this might be painful to see, or admit. We were reminded at the workshop to get our feelings out of it. Learn from this so we use our power to make changes to the current, white-favoring, institutions and systems.
An empowered community holds institutions accountable.
RACE:
A specious (false) classification of human beings created by Europeans (people who became "white")...that assigns human worth and social status using "white" as a model of humanity and the height of human achievement for the purpose of establishing privilege and power.
A specious (false) classification of human beings created by Europeans (people who became "white")...that assigns human worth and social status using "white" as a model of humanity and the height of human achievement for the purpose of establishing privilege and power.
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