Becoming Antiracist training with subtitles (module 1a)

Summary

This video script addresses the pervasive issue of racism, challenging viewers to become anti-racist. It explains concepts like race, racialization, and the different forms of racism, including individual, institutional, and systemic. The script also discusses white privilege and internalized racism, offering insights into how these factors operate within society and the importance of recognizing and combating them.

Takeaways

• 🌐 **Race is a Social Construct**: The concept of race is linked to physical characteristics but has no legitimate biological basis; there is only one human race.
• 🏆 **Racialization**: It's the social process of constructing race to dominate one group over another, often excluding white people as the norm in societies like Canada.
• 🚫 **Racism Defined**: Racism includes explicit beliefs of superiority and implicit assumptions, which can be manifested directly or indirectly.
• 🗣️ **Interpersonal Racism**: Occurs in personal interactions through threats, harassment, and unfair treatment based on race.
• 🏢 **Institutional Racism**: Exists within institutions like schools and governments, where policies claim equality but consistently disadvantage racialized groups.
• 🌉 **Systemic Racism**: Bias across institutions that systematically privileges the majority racial group and disadvantages minorities.
• 🤔 **Internalized Racism**: Victims of racism may adopt negative beliefs about their own abilities, supporting the racism they experience.
• 👮‍♂️ **Racial Profiling**: Authoritarian figures attribute criminal intent based on race, leading to unfair treatment.
• 🧐 **Prejudices**: Unwarranted opinions or attitudes towards people based on their race, often perceived as negative.
• 🔑 **White Privilege and White Supremacy**: White people have societal advantages due to their skin color, often invisible to those who benefit from them.

Q & A

What does the speaker mean when they say 'race does not exist'?

The speaker is referring to the fact that race is a social construct and has no legitimate biological basis. Many scientists have shown that there is only one human race, and racial classifications are based on social perceptions rather than genetic differences.

What is the process of racialization?

Racialization is the social construction of race that allows for the domination of one group over another. It involves viewing races as different and unequal in social, economic, and political terms, and is intended to differentiate, inferiorize, and exclude those who are considered non-white.

How is racism defined in the script?

Racism is defined as a form of prejudice that includes implicit or explicit beliefs, false assumptions, and ideologies of superiority towards one racial group over another. It can be explicit, such as racist comments or violence, or implicit, like racial microaggressions.

What are examples of explicit racism mentioned in the script?

Examples of explicit racism include racist comments, threats of physical violence, actual violence against a racialized person, and racist cyberbullying through social networks and racist websites.

What is individual or interpersonal racism?

Interpersonal racism occurs when racist beliefs, assumptions, and behaviors are embedded in interpersonal interactions. Examples include threats, harassment, social exclusion, stigmatization, and unfair treatment.

How does institutional racism manifest within organizations?

Institutional racism occurs within institutions such as schools, governments, and religious institutes. It is characterized by policies and practices that claim to treat all races equally but consistently oppress and disadvantage racialized people.

What is systemic or structural racism?

Systemic or structural racism involves racial bias across institutions, including public and private policies, institutional practices, and cultural representations. It reinforces unequal treatment of racial groups by systematically privileging the majority racial group and presenting disadvantages for minority racial groups.

Can you explain internalized racism?

Internalized racism is the acceptance and integration of negative beliefs, prejudices, and stereotypes about one's own abilities and values by individuals of a racial group. It occurs when people who are victims of racism adopt beliefs and behaviors that support the racism they experience.

What is racial profiling, as described in the script?

Racial profiling occurs when an authoritative figure attributes criminal intent and/or acts on stereotypical assumptions based on an individual's race, color, ethnicity, and other identity markers.

What is the difference between prejudice and racial bias?

A prejudice is a false or unwarranted opinion or attitude towards a person or group because they are different. Racial bias, on the other hand, is an inclination or perspective, often a judgment or opinion, that is more favorable or unfavorable toward one group or person over another.

How is white privilege defined in the script?

White privilege is defined as the advantages white people have in society because of their skin color. These advantages are often invisible to those who benefit from them and include things like being widely represented in politics, not being subjected to identity checks by the police without reason, and finding representation in media and culture.