REL 399 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: African Diaspora, Institutional Racism
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Cultural appropriation: theft of cultural elements for one"s own use, commodification, or prof- it including symbols, art, language, customs, etc. often without understanding, acknowl- edgement, or respect for its value in the original culture. Results from the assumption of a dom- inant (i. e. white) culture"s right to take other cultural elements. Bigotry: intolerant prejudice that glorifies one"s own group and denigrates members of other groups. Colonialism: some form of invasion, dispossession and subjugation of a people. The invasion need not be military; it can begin or continue as geographical intrusion in the form of agri- cultural, urban or industrial encroachments. The result of such incursion is the dispossession of vast amounts of lands from the original inhabitants. The long-term results of such massive dispossession is institutionalized inequality. Collusion: when people act to perpetuate oppression or prevent others from working to elimi- nate oppression.
