SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Institutional Racism, Societal Racism, Social Inequality
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Structural racism promoted by social institutions (government, organizations, schools, banks,courts) that impose oppressive conditions against a group of people on the basis of perceived racial differences lead to social inequality. Analyzing the film: race: the power of illusion. Denying or charging more for different services to specific neighborhoods, such as banking, insurance, jobs, health care, etc. often on the basis of racial prejudices (results in structural discrimination) Marking red lines around predominantly black" neighborhoods. Racialized categories to determine high risk neighborhoods. Banks wouldn"t give loans in high risk neighborhoods. More you have the more loans you would receive. You will get rewarded for your net worth. Net worth of black families were of white families. Structural forms of inequalities that are beyond the individuals. A dominant racialized or ethnic group controls and exploits other groups within a single nation-state or society.
