24 APR 2024 ·  Discriminatory and racial behavior may be learned in children as young as three years old, according to Mahzarin Banaji (a psychologist, brain researcher, and racism and physical prejudice expert from Harvard University).  Children are quick to demonstrate racist behavior and form connectivity between negative biases following exposure to episodes of discrimination.

21 APR 2024 · Trump’s actual record, however, tells a very different story. On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly made explicitly racist and otherwise bigoted remarks, from calling Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists, to proposing a ban on all Muslims entering the US, to suggesting a judge should recuse himself from a case solely because of the judge’s Mexican heritage. The trend has continued into his presidency. From https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/2/16/14642184/trump-congressional-black-caucus-racism to https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/13/16140504/trump-charlottesville-white-supremacists after they held a violent rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, to https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/10/us/trump-trail-of-tears.html, Trump hasn’t stopped with racist acts after his 2016 election. Most recently, Trump has https://www.vox.com/2020/6/23/21300332/trump-coronavirus-racism-asian-americans the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus the “Chinese virus” and “Kung flu” — racist terms that tap into the kind of xenophobia that he latched onto during his 2016 presidential campaign; Trump’s own adviser, Kellyanne Conway, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-kellyanne-conway-coronavirus_n_5eeebc5dc5b6aac5f3a46b45 “Kung flu” a “highly offensive” term. And Trump https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1294033658068770820 that Sen. Kamala Harris, who’s Black, “doesn’t meet the requirements” to run for vice president — a repeat of the birther conspiracy theory that he perpetuated about former President Barack Obama.

17 APR 2024 · White People need to check their privilege and use for the good of others. They have it if they acknowledge it or not.

17 APR 2024 · White men who have experienced disadvantages in their lives based on class, disability, religion or sexual orientation, are more likely than other white men to recognize white privilege, 

17 APR 2024 · White privilege, or white skin privilege, is the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_privilege that benefits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_people over https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_color people in some societies, particularly if they are otherwise under the same social, political, or economic circumstances. It is rooted economically, educationally, culturally historically as well as socially.

17 APR 2024 · The Karens and Beckys represent white racism. They are normally depicted in situations where there is racial tension.

17 APR 2024 · There is no true biological race; race is socially constructed. There were enormous economic interests in attempting to justify enslavement and colonization in the US. The longer white people avoid the discomfort of discussing racism, the longer non-whites suffer structural racism.

16 APR 2024 · You might think posting about social issues does nothing, but here’s proof of how outrage over racism on social media has led to big companies and platforms realizing their roles in being part of the problem that POC face as minorities in the US. It’s amazing to see the conversations running about https://www.cpt.org/files/Undoing%20Racism%20-%20Understanding%20White%20Privilege%20-%20Kendall.pdf, representation, and inclusivity in media. We still have a long way to go, but here are some steps the entertainment industry has taken to realize their privilege and act accordingly.

9 APR 2024 ·  These are a few examples of racist phrases that are still used today., - “Peanut Gallery” If second graders start to get chatty in their seats, the teacher might shout, “Quiet in the peanut gallery!” If someone is giving unsolicited advice in the comment section online or heckling in a theater, we might dismiss them as just complaints from the peanut gallery. - “Grandfathered In” or “Grandfather Clause” If a longtime customer is “grandfathered in,” it means they’re exempt from any new (typically more stringent) requirements or fees a company establishes. - “Gyp,” “Gypped,” “Jip” and “Jipped” When we feel shortchanged, cheated, or swindled, we might say we’re been “gypped” out of something. This one is racist because it’s tied to the term “gypsy,” an offensive term used to refer to the Romani people, who’ve long faced discrimination because of their darker skin and were even enslaved in some parts of Europe. - “Uppity” If a Black school superintendent says something critical about a certain department’s

9 APR 2024 · White supremacy is the belief that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_people are superior to those of other https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_classification) and thus should dominate them.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy#cite_note-1 The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(social_and_political) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_privilege held by white people. White supremacy has roots in the now-discredited doctrine of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_racism and was a key justification for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_colonialism