"Internalized racism is defined as the 'internalization of racial oppression by the racially subordinated.'"
Focuses on how members of an oppressed group internalize prejudice against themselves.
Definition and Origins: Understanding the general concept of internalized racism, how it develops, and why it is an issue.
Elements of Internalized Racism: Identifying and examining the different forms of internalized racism, such as self-hate, inferiority complex, and internalized stereotypes.
Impact: Understanding how internalized racism affects individuals, their families, and their communities; exploring the social, physical, and psychological impacts.
Identity Development: Examining how internalized racism can impact someone's identity development and exploration, as well as how it affects their self-esteem and relationships with others.
Intersectionality: Understanding how internalized racism interacts with other forms of oppression such as sexism, homophobia, and ableism.
Systemic Racism and Internalized Racism: Exploring how the internalization of racism is exacerbated by systemic racism, and how systemic racism perpetuates internalized racism.
Psychological Approaches: Understanding how psychology and mental health practices can be used to help individuals overcome internalized racism.
Healing and Resilience: Exploring the different methods and approaches to healing from internalized racism and building resilience within oneself and one's community.
Intersectional Activism: Examining how anti-racism activism needs to consider the intersectionality of all forms of oppression and approach the work in a holistic way.
White Allyship: Understanding how white people should examine and confront their own internalized racism, and the role that they can play in dismantling internalized racism within their communities.
Community Empowerment: Exploring how communities can empower themselves to overcome internalized racism and create collective change.
Historical Context: Delving into the historical and cultural context of internalized racism in different societies and how it has developed over time.
Cultural Appropriation: Examining the way that internalized racism can manifest through cultural appropriation and how it perpetuates harmful stereotypes and attitudes.
Social Media and Internalized Racism: Considering how social media can exacerbate internalized racism and exploring how it can be used more positively to promote anti-racism.
Cultural Competence: Exploring how cultural competence can be developed to combat internalized racism, and how it can instill greater empathy, understanding, and collaboration within communities.
Colorism: The discrimination based on skin color within a specific race or ethnic group.
Self-hate: The feeling of hatred or disgust towards one's own racial or ethnic identity.
Stereotype endorsement: The acceptance and reinforcement of negative stereotypes about one's own racial or ethnic group.
Assimilation: The belief that adopting the dominant culture in society will lead to personal and societal success, resulting in the rejection of one's cultural identity.
Individualism: The belief that individual effort, rather than systemic discrimination and oppression, is the main factor behind success or failure, resulting in a denial of systemic racism.
Internalized oppression: The internalization of discriminatory messages about one's own racial or ethnic group, leading to self-doubt, low self-esteem and a negative self-image.
Othering: The adoption of the dominant group's negative views towards other racial or ethnic groups, resulting in the perception of them as inferior.
"Internalized racism involves both conscious and unconscious acceptance of a racial hierarchy in which whites are consistently ranked above people of color."
"These instances include belief in negative stereotypes, adaptations to white cultural standards, and thinking that supports the status quo."
"Internalized racism as a phenomenon is a direct product of a racial classification system."
"Internalized racism is found across different racial groups and regions around the world where race exists as a social construct."
"High internalized racism scores have been linked to poor health outcomes among Caribbean black women, higher propensity for violence among African American young males, and increased domestic violence among Native American populations in the US."
"Many of the approaches focus on dispelling false narratives learned from racial oppression."
"The 'Black is beautiful' cultural movement sought to 'directly attack [the] ideology' that blackness was ugly."