AAS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Environmental Racism, Societal Racism, White Privilege
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Pulido : white privilege (a form of racism) is a way to understand environmental racism, environmental racism (cid:862)the idea that (cid:374)o(cid:374)(cid:449)hites are disproportio(cid:374)all(cid:455) e(cid:454)posed to pollutio(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)pulido (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004): (cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:895). Structural racism rather than malicious, individual acts. It differs from a hostile, individual, discriminatory act, in that it refers to the pri(cid:448)ileges a(cid:374)d (cid:271)e(cid:374)efits that a(cid:272)(cid:272)rue to (cid:449)hite people (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:448)irtue of their (cid:449)hite(cid:374)ess(cid:863) (cid:894)pulido. Privileges or benefits for whites or those who pass as white. White supremacy historically based, institutional system of exploitation and oppression that maintains white power, wealth, and privilege. Unintentional rather than malicious intent: whites can acknowledge that racism exists, but ignore white privilege benefits. Benefits become something that people feel entitled to and want to protect, and people who pass as white want to obtain. Over time, legitimated and protected in policy, law, and practice: higher property values, better schools, ability to exclude, wealth accumulates over generations.
