Race and Racism

Race and RacismGender, Race and ClassWS266 Pace University Dr. Ruth Abrams

What is Racism?Definition #1: an ideology or belief that there areseparate races of human beings, and that these raceshave different characteristics that are meaningfulenough to justify unequal treatment.

Good Hair? Bad Hair? Hair texture and skin color are neutral— humans impose meaning on them People with power determine aesthetic ideal Beauty is culturally determined

Hair Has HistoryCondoleeza Rice Angela Davis

Terminology Race Racism (formerly, racialism) Prejudice Bias Discrimination Stereotyping Racial privilege Systemic or institutional racism White supremacy (formerly white chauvinism) People of color

Institutional Racism "Race is a system of power, one that draws on physical differences to construct and give meaning to racial groups and the hierarchy in which they are embedded."NazliKibri a

Institutional Racism Today Persistent stereotyping of people of color in the media Inadequate education about history, resulting in the erasure of the experiences of people of color Segregation in housing resulting in school segregation Lack of educational opportunity/equity Lack of earning opportunity because of lack of educational qualification, inequities in hiring, inequities in promotion Inequities in income Inequities in wealth Unequal treatment in the legal system Lack of access to services, including law enforcement Lack of access to healthcare

Exposing the violence of racismThe Freedom Riders were a group of African American and white students whointegrated interstate Greyhound buses in the south in 1961. They were met withviolence, including this bomb.

Non-Violent ResistanceA young man is attacked by police dogs in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963.

Segregation and the Mechanisms ofRacism Steering Redlining School tracking Gatekeepers Helping professions Microaggressions

Legal Reform: 1964 Civil RightsAct  Illegal to refuse to serve people on the basis of race in public accommodation, like restaurants, hotels and theaters  Illegal to discriminate in state and municipal facilities  Illegal for organizations receiving federal funds to discriminate  Illegal to discriminate in hiring

Valley Swim Club caseLegal reform is necessary, but not sufficient.

Beyond Black and WhiteIncluding other experiences of racism/resisting dualism

Self-Definition  The right of the group to define itself  The right of the individual to define herself  The right to create culture that isn’t only a response to restriction

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