#institutionalized oppression

You can be prejudiced towards white people, but not racist. Why? Because racism is the systematic and institutionalized oppression of nondominant racial groups. In the United States, whites have always been the dominant group and are responsible for the oppression of people of color. There is no historical precedence in the USA of whites being dominated by people of color in any way even remotely close to slavery or segregation. We are not dealing with racial groups that are all on equal footing. Many white people in my life do not seem to understand how our history has placed them in a position of advantage. Whites have not faced the institutional oppression that people of color have, which does influence race relations today. This post comes in response to several Tumblr posts I've seen lately that attempt to argue that whites experience racism, which is incorrect. True, anyone can be prejudiced towards anyone, but racism is the result of historical domination of one group over another and continued systematic oppression.

We should make that a thing.

I'm a French student in Psychology, at the University of Caen Normandy (UCBN). We are asked during our third year to conduct a research. I chose to work on Tumblr activism, and more precisely, the involvement against systemic / institutionalized oppressions (racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, psychophobia...). I want to prove that Tumblr is an incredible place, which allows people to learn more about oppressions. With this new knowledge, we are able to act in the world that surrounds us, and to change societies. Here's a link to my questionnaire:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11PEKhGwWNCQ3YYXsTVlIe1-IsF7FeySF7nctkhwZCNk/viewform Thank you very much for your help!

I heard a guy say, "Assert your dominance, bro" as I'm reading about dominance and it's effects on the subordinates (women & poc) and I actually wanted to cry for myself and for society. Lawd help us.