What are Structural Institutional and
Institutional Racism
Institutional Racism
SYSTEMIC, STRUCTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
Most white people in the US are familiar with explicit racism or racism that is a conscious choice to actively hate or discriminate someone of another race. Most white people associate explicit racism as the main form of racism in the US and believe to support racism it has to a conscious choice like joining the KKK or using racial slurs at a non white person someone. Explicit racism is a growing problem in this country but its a very small part of the actual racism that occurs, often unconsciously, in this country.
Today most people in the US negatively affected by racism are affected by systemic (also called institutional or structural) racism. Systemic racism is forms of oppression and privilege that effects almost every aspect of our society to our laws, institutions, schools, justice system, media, culture, and everyday interactions. This form of racism, although often more harmful than explicit racism, is less understood or even recognized by the white moderate majority, who often preserve and perpetuate this racism unconsciously through complicity and Complacency.
- Racism Complicity
- To consciously or unconsciously support, contribute or benefit from racism or racist systems
- Racism Complacency
- to support racism and racist systems by not challenging i
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