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Research Guides
HUS 1110: Poverty and Culture
Institutional or Systemic Racism
“Systemic racism” can be defined as an infrastructure of rulings, ordinances or statutes promulgated by a sovereign government or authoritative entity, whereas such ordinances and statutes entitles one ethnic group in a society certain rights and privileges, while denying other groups in that society these same rights and privileges because of long-established cultural prejudices, religious prejudices, fears, myths, and Xenophobia’s held by the entitled group" (Systemic Racism vs. Institutional Racism)
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Humanity Over Comfort: How You Confront Systemic Racism Head On by Publication Date: 2022
"Critical race theory (CRT) is a cross-disciplinary intellectual and social movement of civil-rights scholars and activists who seek to examine the intersection of race, society, and law in the United States and to challenge mainstream American liberal approaches to racial justice" (Wikipedia)
Privilege
Privilege: a right or benefit that is given to some people and not to others (Britannica)
Examples of Some Different Types of Privilege
- Race: (the ‘norm’ is whiteness and the society is structured as such)
- Gender: (male dominant organizations, minimal career opportunities, internalized oppression – body type, appearance, sexual violence)
- Socio-economic: (financial stability, access to resources & opportunities)
- Christian: (member of the dominant religion in the U.S.)
- Heterosexual: (able to marry and adopt, not viewed by others as a deviant)
- Able-bodied: (ability to physically participate in society)
- Nationality: (access due to the country in which one derives from)
- Education: (access to Higher Education, ability to understand language and identify communication channels to access education opportunities)
- Right-handed: (resources oriented to their particular perspective – scissors, computer, can opener)
- Geographic location: (Western privilege, access to information/resources, world perceptions)
- English–speaking: (access afforded to those who communicate in this language)
- Birth order: (access/rights given to the firstborn over middle child, etc.)
- Age: (access afforded to people considered an ‘adult’ vs. one labeled as ‘youth.’ Limited access also given to those considered as ‘elderly.’)
- Body size: (to be born with a body type that is celebrated and considered beautiful by the dominant group as reflected in media, social norms, etc.)
- Gender–Identity: (having a gender presentation that correlates with the expected gender norms)
- Modern Utilities: (access to water, electricity, other utilities, and resources)
- Family Structure: (benefits - mostly invisible - that come from membership in a stable family…two parents in residence, family support and guidance, encouragement, etc.)
List comes from University of Central Arkansas's article, "Privilege… What Does it Mean?"
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Male Privilege by Publication Date: 2020
White Privilege: Psychoanalytic Perspectives by Publication Date: 2021
Privilege Walk
The Privilege Walk is an "exercise is not to embarrass participants about their privileges or lack thereof, but to increase awareness of privilege" (Privilege Walk)