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Internalized racism is a form of internalized oppression, defined by sociologist Karen D. Pyke as the "internalization of racial oppression by the racially subordinated." [1] In her study The Psychology of Racism, Robin Nicole Johnson emphasizes that internalized racism involves both "conscious and unconsious acceptance of a racial hierarchy in which a presumed superior race are consistently ...
Assistant professor of telecommunications Andrew J. Weaver said, "There is an assumption in Hollywood that whites would avoid movies with majority black casts, or any race cast for that matter. You see this whitewashing of films – even films that have minority characters written into them are being cast with whites."
Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [2] and released to the public in January 2007. [3] Quizlet's primary products include digital flash cards , matching games , practice electronic assessments , and live quizzes.
In the media, White Americans are often stereotyped to be white-collar suburbanites who are middle class or wealthy. [2] The term Chad refers to a handsome, athletic white man who is seen as the most desired by heterosexual women, while the terms Karen or Becky refer to white women who are annoying or aggressive.
Discarded "It's okay to be white" cards after a Patriot Prayer protest in Portland, Oregon. Many of the flyers were torn down, and some accused the posters of being covertly racist [8] [9] and white nationalist, [10] while others, like Jeff Guillory, executive director of Washington State University's Office of Equity and Diversity, argued that it was a nonthreatening statement.
The expression "white trash" probably originated in the slang used by enslaved African Americans, in the early decades of the 1800s, and was quickly adopted by richer white people who used the term to stigmatize and separate themselves from the kind of whites they considered to be inferior [12] and without honor, thus carrying on "the ancient prejudice against menials, swineherds, peddlers and ...
Whitewash is a cheap white paint or coating of chalked lime that can be used to quickly give a uniform clean appearance to a wide variety of surfaces, such as the interior of a barn. [2] The first known use of the term is from 1591 in England, referring literally to the process of coloring a surface. [1] [3]
Blanqueamiento, branqueamento, or "whitening", a social practice in many post-colonial countries to "improve the race" towards a supposed ideal of whiteness; Racial whitening, branqueamento in Brazil between 1889 and 1914