An Encyclopedia Of Racism

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  1. 3. When people say they "don't see race," attempting to express that they don't have racist attitudes or thoughts as an individual- but fail to realize that this does more harm than good.
  2. 7. Used to inform things such as college admissions and equal employment opportunity programs.
  3. 8. Another word for popular, but it focuses on the appeal to widespread masses and is used in reference to music, movies, TV shows, and other aspects of pop culture.
  4. 9. A set of assumptions or beliefs about a group of people (a racial group, ethnicity, nationality, or any category of people).
  5. 12. The unearned, built-in, disproportionate access to resources, power, and justice that white people experience over nonwhite people as a result of systemic racism.
  6. 13. Colleges and universities established before Civil Rights Act of 1964 to primarily serve the African-American community.
  7. 15. A 2018 American superhero film, Marvel studios first black led film, and first film with a black director.
  8. 16. The theory developed by Kimberle Crenshaw, where 2 individuals may be affected by the same social issue but ones differences can have them dealing with another as well, where there experiences in life will live at the intersection of those 2 social issues.
  9. 17. Defined as "being aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues" (especially issues of racial and social justice).
  10. 18. A movement, phrase, and hashtag started by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi as a direct response to consistent violence and racism against black people.
  11. 21. Event on May 31st and June 1st, 1921, where mobs of white Tulsa, Oklahoma, residents attacked black residents in the Greenwood District of the city.
  12. 22. Defined as "a comment or action that subtly and often unconsciously or unintentionally expresses a prejudiced attitude towards a member of a marginalized group".
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  1. 1. Refers to the idea that beauty and cultural norms typically associated with white people are what all racial and cultural groups should aspire to.
  2. 2. A white person who uses their privilege and resources to help nonwhite people, but their true reason for doing so is self serving.
  3. 3. When a person adopts elements from a culture outside of their own. This can include fashion, speech, patterns or accents, hairstyles, physical features, and styles or trends.
  4. 4. A movement based on the idea that people from marginalized communities should have the opportunity to see positive representations of themselves in media and art (including POC, indigenous people, LGBTQIA+, and women).
  5. 5. Abbreviation for people of color
  6. 6. Term used to describe a society made up of people of various races, genders, religions, and other identities where cultural exchange is taking place.
  7. 10. Our system that was developed by white people, and still today, most of the decision makers are white. Thus, often leading to what we learn being through a white lens.
  8. 11. A phrase that started being used in response to the Black Lives Matter movement.
  9. 14. A hatred or fear of things that are seen as foreign or strange.
  10. 19. Created by activist April Reign in 2015, a movement that helped fuel conversations the Academy Awards and the lack of representation for people of color in Hollywood.
  11. 20. A feature that causes black men and women to be treated differently from other people.