http://mamoura.eci.ufmg.br/tematres/vocab/ COEXISTENCE - Thesaurus of intersectionality and decolonial issues: black studies, gender, sexuality and feminist studies Maria Aparecida Moura intersectionality, genre, race, sexuality, feminism, decolonial issues, Maria Aparecida Moura 2017-02-01 en-US 2017-06-19 20:04:37 2017-06-24 11:07:28 Racism 2017-06-19 20:04:37 2017-06-24 11:07:28 A term that refers to a system of social advantages and disadvantages based on race; bias by people in the dominant social position.

  1. “Not liking” someone because of their race is a form of bias or prejudice which can exist solely on an individual basis but racism exists on institutional and structural levels.
  2. When ones use of institutional or structural power is premised upon racial stereotype/prejudice or when ones use of institutional/structural power creates, maintains or reinforces policies and practices that further racial inequity.
  3. A form of racialized community violence (economic, political, cultural, and/or physical) that targets or has  disproportionate negative impact upon people of color (POC).
  4. Racial prejudice/stereotypes are symptoms of racism, not racism itself.
  5. institutional/structural power + racial bias/prejudice/stereotype =Racism;
  6. Institutional/structural policies and practices + disproportionate negative impact on POC = Racism.

 

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