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WHAT IS

RACISM?
LAS 141, Winter 2014, Thurs. March 20

Rooted in misinformation and

omitted information.
Prejudice: a preconceived

judgment or opinion, usually based


on limited information.

DEFINING
RACISM

Racism: a system of advantage

based on race.
Central question: how do we

contribute to or combat these


systems?

Beverly Tatum

INDIVIDUAL
DISCRIMINAT
ION
Can be open and
intentional
More frequently is
hidden and
sometimes
unintentional

ORGANIZATI
ONAL
DISCRIMINAT
ION
Rules, policies, and
practices of
organizations
which reinforce
individual
discrimination.
Often carried out
as part of the way
an organization
does business.

ORGANIZATIONAL
DISCRIMINATION
SELFPERPETUATING
CYCLES OF
DISCRIMINATION

STRUCTURAL
DISCRIMINAT
ION
The self-perpetuating
cycles of
discrimination which
occur through the
interaction of
organizational
discrimination in
employment,
education, housing,
government

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