Racism Flashcards
Racism
Disadvantaging other people, belief of superiority
Individual Racism
Individual attitudes and beliefs
Insitutional Racism
Rules/practices that disadvantage
Cultural Racism
Culture gives labels to people
Stereotype
Narrow definition applied to all group
Prejudice
Pre-judging someone before completely understanding them
Discrimination
Limiting opportunities of a group because of characteristics
How do all 3 relate to each other
Prejudices come from stereotypes and acting on prejudices is discrimination which then can lead to hate which is racism
Causes of racism?
6 geographic, economic, cultural, historical, religious, political
- Geography- lack of diversity
- Cultural- segregation
- Religious- rivalries (muslim,christians)
- Economic- job quotas, job outsourcing
- Historical- slavery, 9/11, covid
- Political- Redlining
How have the hard lines we’ve drawn in society be actually quite blurry?
- Mayor in video believed he was all black, in reality he descended from a white slave owner
- Alba’s family history, Mom light skin, family black. Mom ordererd food but family wasn’t allowed in.
Racism from a Biblical framework
Racism is absence of Shalom.
Romans 12:2 tells us that we need to step apart from the patterns of this world.