DEFEATING RACISM
What does it take?
By
Eva M. Abram
What is Race?
Race is a social construction created by
Those in political and economic power to
Maintain their privileged status.
RACIAL HIERARCHY
• Caucasian, White race
• Mongolian, Asian race
• Malayan, Brown race
• American Indian, Red race
• Ethiopian, Black race
RACISM DEFINED
Prejudice + Power = Racism
Prejudice – the belief that your race is
superior and others are inferior.
Power – the ability to act on those beliefs, creating and enforcing laws…
HOUSING – Pattern of Racism
COVENANTS AND REDLINING
No person/persons of Asiatic, African or
Negro blood, lineage or extraction shall be
Permitted to occupy… said property….
EDUCATION – Pattern of Racism
Seattle Public High School 2005 Study
…rates of discipline are skewed against Black and Latino students.
SHORT-TERM SUSPENSIONS:
16% of African Americans suspended
Compared to 6% of Caucasian students.
SEATTLE SCHOOLS DISCIPLINE DATAShort-Term Suspensions – High School
2004-5 2009-10 2010-11
Af. Am. 16.0% 14.2% 17.5%
Latino 9.0% 9.4% 8.1%
Native Am. 7.5% 9.5% 12.7%
Caucasian 6.0% 3.8% 4.0%
Asian 4.0% 3.0% 2.9%
EXPULSIONS – High School
2009 – 10 2010 - 11
African Am. .3% (8) .1% (2)
Latino 0.0% 0.1% (1)
Native Am. 0.8% (2) 0.0% (0)
Caucasian 0.0% (2) 0.0% (0)
Asian 0.0% (1) 0.0% (0)
Faces of Poverty
Poverty in Washington
% Below Poverty Line
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
White Black Asian Hisp.
White
Black
Asian
Hispanic
Ethnic Poverty - Seattle
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Wh Blk As Hisip. 2Races
White
Black
Asian
Hispanic
2 Races
List of Organizations
• Undoing Racism, www.pisab.org
• People’s Institute NW, www.pinwseattle.or
• www.Antiracistalliance.com
• www.colorofchange.com
• www.raceforward.org
• AAUW
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