4 types of racism FINAL

INTERPERSONAL

STRUCTURAL

INTERNALIZED

4 TYPES OF RACISM

INSTITUTIONAL

INSTITUTIONAL RACISM - Policies, practices, procedures and

culture of an institution or system that work better for white people and

cause harm to people of color, often inadvertently or unintentionally.

STRUCTURAL RACISM - The history, culture and current reality of

racism across institutions and/or systems; when the institutional racism of

multiple institutions overlaps to form a web of racism impacting people

and communities of color. This includes implicit and explicit social

narratives about race, such as those perpetuated by the media.

INTERNALIZED RACISM - The internalization of the racist

stereotypes, values, images and ideologies perpetuated by the white

dominant society about oneʼs racial group (Pyke, 2010).

INTERNALIZED RACIAL INFERIORITY* - The accep-

tance and acting out of an inferior definition of self, rooted in the

historical designation of oneʼs race. Over many generations, this

process of disempowerment and disenfranchisement is expressed

in self-defeating behaviors. Some examples: colorism, isolation,

protectionism, addiction, self-doubt, self-hate, rage, shame,

ethno-centrism, anti-Blackness, anti-Indigeneity.

INTERNALIZED RACIAL SUPERIORITY* - The accep-

tance and acting out of a superior definition of self, rooted in the

historical designation of oneʼs race. Over many generations, this

process of empowerment and access is expressed as unearned

privileges, access to institutional power, invisible advantages and

inflated self-image based upon race. Some examples: Individual-

ism, paternalism, comfort, control, silence, intellctualization,

cognitive dissonance, anti-Blackness, anti-Indigeneity.

INTERPERSONAL RACISM - Prejudgment, bias or discrimination

by a white individual toward a person of color.

Racism is the form of oppression based on race. Unlike discrimination,

oppression takes into account power -- who is positioned to hold power

and who is positioned not to hold power as a result of the ways society

has been set up and functioned for generations. In other words, oppres-

sion takes into account agent and target group membership. People who

identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Color are targets of racism.

*Definitions based on those of the Peopleʼs Institute for Survival and Beyond