SOC 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Institutional Racism, Arab Americans
12 May 2018
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• Racial Domination:
➢ Arrangement of racial life in such a way that its ordinary, everyday workings
serve to benefit certain racial groups (in our society, predominantly whites)
at the expense of others (in our society, predominantly nonwhites).
o Dominants of a racial order: occupy a place in it such that regular
operation of racial order works in their favor.
o Dominated of a racial order: occupy a position in it such that its regular
operation works against them.
➢ Racial domination is a matter of:
o How institutions ordinarily operate.
o How interpersonal exchanges (within & across racial divides) typically
unfold.
o How individuals (whites & nonwhites) unthinkingly come to see
themselves & their place in racial order.
➢ There are 2 specific manifestations of racial domination:
1. Institutional Racism:
o Systematic white domination of POC, embedded & operating in
corporations, universities, legal systems, political bodies, cultural life,
& other social collectives.
o Has a type of power that encompasses:
▪ Symbolic: classify one group of people as normal & other groups
of people as abnormal.
▪ Political: withhold basic rights from POC & marshal full power of
the state to enforce segregation & inequality.
▪ Social: deny POC full inclusion/membership in associational life
▪ Economic: privileges whites in terms of job placement,
advancement, wealth & property accumulation.
o Withholds from POC opportunities, privileges, & rights that many
whites enjoy.
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Document Summary
Racial domination is a matter of: how institutions ordinarily operate, how interpersonal exchanges (within & across racial divides) typically unfold, how individuals (whites & nonwhites) unthinkingly come to see themselves & their place in racial order. There are 2 specific manifestations of racial domination: institutional racism, systematic white domination of poc, embedded & operating in corporations, universities, legal systems, political bodies, cultural life, African americans & arab americans, as criminals/terrorists: operates outside scope of individual intent so many individuals don"t recognize it as racism, interpersonal racism, manifested in everyday interactions & practices, overt racism: People give direct expression to negative attitudes. Guided by demeaning stereotypes of others: covert racism: Found in habitual, commonsensical, & ordinary practices of our lives. Extend far beyond confines of straightforward, conscious bigotry. Racialized dispositions, some conscious, many more unconscious and bodily. Talking slowly to an asian woman unconsciously assuming that she speaks poor english. Informing a mexican man about a mess assuming he"s the janitor.
