What is racism?
• Racism is the belief that a particular
race is superior or inferior to another,
that a person’s social and moral traits
are predetermined by his or her inborn
biological characteristics. Racial
separatism is the belief, most of the
time based on racism, that different
races should remain segregated and
apart from one another.
• Racism has existed throughout human
history. It may be defined as the hatred of one
person by another -- or the belief that another
person is less than human -- because of skin
color, language, customs, place of birth or any
factor that supposedly reveals the basic
nature of that person. It has influenced wars,
slavery, the formation of nations, and legal
codes.
• The most notorious example of racism by the
West has been slavery, particularly the
enslavement of Africans in the New World
(slavery itself dates back thousands of years).
This enslavement was accomplished because
of the racist belief that Black Africans were
less fully human than white Europeans and
their descendants.
What is race?
Negative Portrayal of Native Americans
A Subtle Devious Approach
• What Is Colorism?
• Colorism is often viewed as a problem that’s
unique to communities of color. It occurs when
minorities discriminate against those with darker
skin than they have. For years in the black
community, lighter skin was viewed as superior to
darker skin. Anyone with skin color that was
lighter than a brown paper lunch bag was
welcomed into elite organizations in the black
community, while darker skinned blacks were
excluded.
Subtle racism
• Subtle racism doesn’t make the headlines that, say, reverse
racism does, but it’s likely the form of discrimination that
people of color most often experience. Victims of subtle, or
covert, racism may find themselves snubbed by wait staff in
restaurants or salespeople in stores who believe that
people of color aren’t likely to be good tippers or able to
afford anything expensive. Targets of subtle racism may find
that supervisors, landlords, etc., apply different rules to
them than they do to others. An employer might run a
thorough background check on an applicant of color, while
accepting a job applicant from a prospective white
employee with no additional documentation. Racial
prejudice is the driving force behind subtle racism.
stereotypes
Stereotypes
• Feisty. Seductive. Intelligent. Used to describe
individuals, the preceding adjectives pose no particular
problem. Used to describe groups of people, however,
these same adjectives may constitute stereotypes.
What is a stereotype? Stereotypes are qualities
assigned to groups of people related to their race,
nationality and sexual orientation, to name a few.
Because they generalize groups of people in manners
that lead to discrimination and ignore the diversity
within groups, stereotypes should be avoided.
Globalization and racism
• There’s a common myth that globalization means the end of unique
and individual cultures, that we’re all being swept beneath a wave
of cultural homogenization.
• Globalization is complex and in many cases it can serve to intensify
local identities and make nations more protective of their cultures
in the face of perceived external threat.
• The effect of globalization on things such as racism is therefore
quite complex. Where globalization is seen as a beneficial force,
people are apt to welcome foreign cultures; but when things go
wrong and external factors are blamed by the media or the
government then this can also cause xenophobia or racism.
• Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on a person's
sex.It usually refers to discrimination against women,
although it can also apply to men. Sexist attitudes may
stem from traditional stereotypes of gender roles, and may
include the belief that a person of one sex is intrinsically
superior to a person of the other. A job applicant may face
discriminatory hiring practices, or (if hired) receive unequal
compensation or treatment compared to that of their
opposite-sex peers.[Extreme sexism may foster sexual
harassment, rape and other forms of sexual violence.
Robbie Robertson - Mahk Jchi Heartbeat Drum Song
English Translation:
A hundred years have passed
Yet I hear the distant beat of my father’s drums.
I hear his drums throughout the land.
His beat I feel within my heart.
The drum shall beat
so my heart shall beat.
And I shall live a hundred thousand years.
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