7 White Supremacy

White Supremacy / Required (Choose 2):

According to the Oxford Language Dictionary (2024), White Supremacy is “the belief that white people constitute a superior race and should therefore dominate society, typically to the exclusion or detriment of other racial and ethnic groups.”

“’Structural racism’ here refers to policies and practices, in a constellation of institutions, that confer advantages on people considered White and ideologies that maintain and defend these advantages, while simultaneously oppressing other racialized groups.”[1]

“Structural racism is sustained through White supremacy: the glossary of conditions, practices, and ideologies that underscore the hegemony of whiteness and White political, social, cultural, and economic domination.”[2]

Watch this video to learn more about how White Supremacy is unfolding today.

Directions: Read 2 articles of your choice.

National Museum of African American History and Culture. “Whiteness.” Talking About Race, 2023.

Bhatt, Jenny. “‘Against White Feminism’ Is An Urgent Call to Action for Solidarity and Justice.” NPR, 17 Aug 2021.

Collins, Cory. “What is White Privilege, Really?”  Learning for Justice, iss. 60, 2018.

Rhodes, Christopher. “Why ‘White’ Supremacists Are Not Always White.” alijareeza.com, 2 June 2023.

 

  1. Alang, S.; Hardeman, R.; Karbeah, J.; et al. (2021). "White Supremacy and the Core Functions of Public Health." ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, Am J Public Health, 111(5), pp. 815–819. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306137 ↵
  2. Alang, S.; Hardeman, R.; Karbeah, J.; et al. (2021). "White Supremacy and the Core Functions of Public Health." ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, Am J Public Health, 111(5), pp. 815–819. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306137 ↵

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