HLTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: White Privilege, Genetic Diversity, Racialization
15 Oct 2017
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Racism is the belief that race is the primary factor determining human traits and abilities: as charlotte reading states, racism usually involves the idea that one"s own race is superior and has the right to rule others. It also refers to hatred or intolerance of another race or races. In general, we do not like to think of ourselves, or our country, as racist, but racism persists in very real ways, as. The idea of race has no biological or genetic basis. Genetic diversity within so-called races is greater than genetic diversity across races : race is a socially constructed category that enables some to take and hold onto power, resources, and opportunities. Johnson points out, if you think in individualistic terms, then we generally have one of two different reactions to racism: we either feel guilty or we deny that racism exists, neither is productive or useful.
