Rebecca Wilk

Stretching Our Thinking

Levels of racism

  • February 28, 2022 at 7:15 AM
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I think institutional and structural racism are the levels most likely to be little known by the majority of individuals, and possibly the most difficult to change. Certainly a person's bias or racist feelings may be deeply engrained in their past experiences and therefore invoke deep emotions and defensiveness. However an individual can control their own actions. Larger spheres of racism are not only nearly impossible for one person to control, they also largely contribute to individual racism by creating situations of privilege to which the individual is not even aware.