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juliaoceania -> RE: Black Repub Ken Barnes Wakes Up... (6/15/2011 4:26:51 PM)
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Structural Racism
Definition: Structural Racism in the U.S. is the normalization and legitimization of an
array of dynamics – historical, cultural, institutional and interpersonal – that routinely
advantage whites while producing cumulative and chronic adverse outcomes for people
of color. It is a system of hierarchy and inequity, primarily characterized by white
supremacy – the preferential treatment, privilege and power for white people at the
expense of Black, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, Arab and other
racially oppressed people.
From what Ken Barnes and Michael Steele have said, I would say that the repeated acceptance of racist imagery, the racist jokes (some made by politicians themselves according to Barnes) there has been a normalizing of racism within the Republican Party structure.
Steele apologized for the use of a Southern Strategy, and since he left as RNC Chairman, he has said they are still using it... as chair I would think he knows what he is talking about
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In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to the late-20th century Republican Party strategy of winning elections in Southern states by exploiting anti-African American racism among Southern white voters and appealing to states' rights. Though the "Solid South" had been a longtime Democratic Party stronghold due to the Democratic Party's defense of slavery prior to the American Civil War and segregation for a century thereafter, many white Southern Democrats left the party following the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, and desegregation.
The strategy was first adopted under future Republican President Richard Nixon in the late 1960s and continued through the latter decades of the 20th century under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.[1] The strategy was successful in achieving its goals; it led to the electoral realignment of Southern states to the Republican Party, but at the expense of losing more than 90 percent of black voters to the Democratic Party. As the 20th century came to a close, the Republican Party began trying to appeal again to black voters, though with little success.[1] During the 2000s decade, Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman formally apologized for his party's use of the Southern Strategy in the previous century. Michael Steele served as the party's first African-American chairman from January 2009-January 2011.
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Scope: Structural Racism encompasses the entire system of white supremacy, diffused
and infused in all aspects of society, including our history, culture, politics, economics
and our entire social fabric. Structural Racism is the most profound and pervasive form of
racism – all other forms of racism (e.g. institutional, interpersonal, internalized, etc.)
emerge from structural racism.
This definition also includes the scope of the racism, like personal emails with racial overtones between party members, etc.
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ndicators/Manifestations: The key indicators of structural racism are inequalities in
power, access, opportunities, treatment, and policy impacts and outcomes, whether they
are intentional or not. Structural racism is more difficult to locate in a particular
institution because it involves the reinforcing effects of multiple institutions and cultural
norms, past and present, continually producing new, and re-producing old forms of
racism.
By capitalizing on racial divisions in the South, they are using historical attitudes of racism.
I could go on, but it is on the link I published earlier.
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