ENGL 173 Lecture 2: English 173 week 2, 1
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Terms to define: ethnicity, stereotype, prejudice, assumptions, justice, privilege, myth, passive racism, race, racism, internalized oppression, active racism, intersectionality. ), perception (the way you see the world is unique), privilege ----> identity, context. Cultural racism: the cultural images and messages that affirm the assumed superiority of whites and the assumed inferiority of people of color . Prejudice: preconceived judgment or opinion, usually based on limited information . A student done in 2010 found that the media wealth of a single white woman was 42,600 compared to the median of for single black women. Wisconsin imprisons more black men than any other state in the united states at twice the national rate. A way of people with privilege to play victim. Racism as a system of advantage based on race. People of color are not racist because they do not systematically benefit from racism.
