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What is white supremacy?

By liza
Created 4 May 2006 - 7:53pm

What does this white supremacy mean in day-to-day life? One recent study found that in the United States, a black applicant with no criminal record is less likely to receive a callback from a potential employer than a white applicant with a felony conviction. In other words, being black is more of a liability in finding a job than being a convicted criminal. Into this new century, such discrimination has remained constant.

That's white supremacy. Many people, of all races, feel and express prejudice, but white supremacy is built into the attitudes, practices and institutions of the dominant white society. It's not the product simply of individual failure but is woven into society, and the material consequences of it are dramatic.


— Robert Jensen and Robert Wosnitzer
The Black Commentator - Think Piece: 'Crash' and the Self-indulgence of White America [1]



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