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Home / Resources / Anti-racism Glossary

Anti-racism Glossary

anti-racism – proactive and deliberate efforts by individuals and collectives to oppose and dismantle racism in its individual, institutional, systemic and cultural forms

anti-racism audit – a focused examination of all levels of an institution’s life based on an analysis of the results of an institution’s actions rather than its intentions

cultural appropriation – the unacknowledged use and employment of another group’s cultural practices, symbols, and other representations for use or financial gain without accountability or connection to the original community

cultural racism – forcing members of one group to “do life” according to standards, norms and ways of being as defined by another group

implicit bias – attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner (osu.edu)

identity power – racism’s ability to define racial identities according to the status of inferior and superior

individual racism – acting out racial prejudices by individuals in a context where those prejudices are reinforced by society

institutional racism – the support for and promotion of control and access to organizations in a manner that benefits one group and oppresses another; stated intent to provide race-based privilege and engage in racial oppression is not necessary for institutional racism to be at work

internalization of racism – the psychological acceptance of, belief in, and acting upon the associated identities of inferiority by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) community members and superiority by white community members

oppressive power – racism’s ability to oppress, demean and harm the BIPOC community

race – a biological myth and a social reality constructed in the 17th and 18th centuries by Europeans as part of the colonial project, entrenched with notions of white superiority; in the United States, a caste system that mediates privilege, power, resources and status

racism – race prejudice plus the systemic misuse of power

systemic racism – the macro-level distribution of power and privilege to one group and the oppression of another through the institutions that constitute that system; examples include the educational, health care, and transportation systems

white privilege – unearned benefits – both financial and psychological – afforded individuals and groups with light enough skin and European facial features to be perceived as white

white power – racism’s ability to provide power and privilege to white people and white society based on the perception of white identity.

 

Used with the permission from Dr. Tobin Miller Shearer, www.widerstandconsulting.org 

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