Race and Racism

Race and Racism

Race is a social construct where classification of  Group membership has been decided by people within particular social system at particular historical moments.

Race is defined as  A system of  Social structures that provides or denies access , safety , resources and power based on  Race categories and produces And reproduces race-based Inequities.

It is not a biological fact . It affects us individually , Is built into our institutions And is woven into the fabric of our culture . 

Though racism is a system, it has many manifestations. Racism manifests in three ways .

1.institutional

2.interpersonal

3.internalized

Race is a social construct where classification of  Group membership has been decided by people within particular social system at particular historical moments.

Race is defined as  A system of  Social structures that provides or denies access , safety , resources and power based on  Race categories and produces And reproduces race-based Inequities.

It is not a biological fact . It affects us individually , Is built into our institutions And is woven into the fabric of our culture . 

Though racism is a system, it has many manifestations. Racism manifests in three ways .

1.institutional

2.interpersonal

3.internalized

There are 3 major races in the world . Caucasoids , Mongoloids and Negroids are those races .

There are so many effects in racial thinking . Some effects are Physiological and Emotional distress to the person or race being discriminated , causing dusputes ,causing instability and makes hard for people to trust among themselves to live in harmony etc.

We can divide the effects of racism as below ...

• individual effects 

   Poverty , ill-health , lack of property , enslavement , war

   Low self-esteem , poor self-concept

• organizations and communitIes

   Loss of talents of excluded individuals

   Cost of government subsidies necessitated by  lack of opportunities

• cultural costs

  Loss of contributions to cultural production

* Minority reactions to prejudice and racism are :

  • individual  reactions

      Assimilation and passing

      Acceptance 

      Avoidance

      Aggression ( indirect , displaced ) 

Racism is wrong but people tend to Take it out  of proportion.we just need to careful about what we say and don\"t take the remarks wrong way .