Thread by @eveosh

Prof ⁦@CamaraJones⁩ said we have to be *actively* #ANTIRACISM (rather than antiracist).

She said the 4 roots of #RacismDenial are ⤵️

1️⃣ Narrow focus on the individual
2️⃣ A-historical stance
3️⃣ The myth of meritocracy
4️⃣ White supremacist ideology

Roots of #RacismDenial by Prof @CamaraJones

1️⃣ Narrow focus on the individual
▪ Self-interest narrowly defined
▪ Limited sense of interdependence
▪ Limited sense of collective efficacy
▪ Systems and structures as invisible or irrelevant

Roots of #RacismDenial by Prof @CamaraJones

2️⃣ A-historical stance
▪ The present as disconnected from the past
▪ Current distribution of advantage/disadvantage as happenstance
▪ Systems and structures as givens and immutable

Roots of #RacismDenial by Prof @CamaraJones

3️⃣ Myth of meritocracy
▪ “If you work hard you will make it”
▪ Denial of racism
▪ Two babies: Equal potential or equal opportunity?

Roots of #RacismDenial by Prof @CamaraJones

4️⃣ White supremacist ideology
▪ Hierarchy in human valuation
▪ “White” as the ideal and the norm
▪ Sense of “White” entitlement
▪ Dehumanisation of people of colour
▪ Fear at the “browning” of America