Systemic Racism

The work of historians, cultural anthropologists, and sociologists alike have shown us that racism shows up in far more places than in the hateful words of white supremacists.

When it comes to education, housing opportunities, employment, treatment by public officials and law enforcement, fairness under the law, and more, white people have an advantage over every other race — and the system was designed with this inequality as an intended feature.

This is what we call white privilege, and it is the product of systemic institutional racism that all white people benefit from.

To be an ally is to work to deconstruct this racist system so that it can be recreated with equality finally as a central tenet.