Article 3 notes

Gerzina, Gretchen. “Racism” Encyclopedia Americana. 2010. Grolier online. Web. 19 Sept. 2010

·         Racism a passive or active response to the specious belief that genetically transmitted traits are linked to social characteristics.

·         Racism is social and cultural

·         Individual racism is the belief that the entire race is the same and not as good as you

·         Societal or cultural racism is thinking bad about a race because of its “norm”

·         When someone doesn’t do what their races “norm” does they are considered exceptions to the stereotype

·         Institutional racism is when systems may or may not have intentional racisms built into them that contribute to their racism

·         Unintentional racisms can result from systems that are in theory race-neutral

·         Some people believe that white people should be allowed to be racist but other minorities can’t be racist back

·         Racism can exist between non-dominant groups

·         In the early 19^th century the terms race and class where interchangeable in western writing