Week 11 - Insitutional And Structural Racism

Question 1

What’s the hierarchy of the levels of racism (most to lowest)

Answer 1

institutional/structural > individual > internalized

Question 2

Institutional and Structural racism refer to racism

Answer 2

present in the society itself; racism as a system of power in a society

Question 3

Systemic racism: Sometimes

Answer 3

both institutional and structural; sometimes synonym for structural

Question 4

Institutional racism

Answer 4

Occurs within institutions and systems of power

• unfair policies = against POC
• ppl within institution reinforce racism

Question 5

Systemic racism

Answer 5

Occurs when racial bias among institutions and across society
- interactions of institutions and policies benefiting white ppl and harming POC

Question 6

Structural racism:

Answer 6

A system in which the society perpetuates racial inequalities through its institutions, policies, practices, cultural ideas.

• rooted in historical circumstances
• racism as a system of power
• gives white privilege and harms POC
• not explicit (even if laws claim against racism)
• most powerful and persistent form of racism
• not equal playing field

Question 7

Institutional racism examples

Answer 7

• political/legal institutions
• sports
• healthcare
• employment
• accusing of higher crime rates
• harsher punishments/sentences
• police brutality and profiling

Question 8

Affirmative action

Answer 8

• education , employment

- attempt to counter institutional racism

Question 9

Seeing affirmative actions as unfair is an example of

Answer 9

Democratic racism

Question 10

Why id affirmative actions frowned upon by some (democratic racism)

Answer 10

Goes against values of equality and personal merit = seen as unfair advantage