“MEMES ON RACISM”

Department of English,
Jain University-School of Interior Design
MEME 1- RACIST WOMAN CAUGHT ON TAPE.NOT FROM ALABAMA.

Racism is discrimination and prejudice towards people based on their race or ethnicity.
Today, the use of the term "racism" does not easily fall under a single definition. [1]
The ideology underlying racist practices often includes the idea that humans can be
subdivided into distinct groups that are different due to their social behavior and their innate
capacities as well as the idea that they can be ranked as inferior or
superior.[2] The Holocaust is a classic example of institutionalized racism which led to the
death of millions of people based on race. While the concepts of race and ethnicity are
considered to be separate in contemporary social science, the two terms have a long
history of equivalence in both popular usage and older social science literature. "Ethnicity"
is often used in a sense close to one traditionally attributed to "race": the division of human
groups based on qualities assumed to be essential or innate to the group (e.g. shared
ancestry or shared behavior
In sociology and social psychology, racial identity and the acquisition of that identity, is often
used as a variable in racism studies. Racial ideologies and racial identity affect individuals'
perception of race and discrimination. Cazenave and Maddern (1999) define racism as "a
highly organized system of 'race'-based group privilege that operates at every level of
society and is held together by a sophisticated ideology of color/'race' supremacy.
Racial centrality (the extent to which a culture recognizes individuals' racial identity)
appears to affect the degree of discrimination African American young adults perceive
whereas racial ideology may buffer the detrimental emotional effects of that
discrimination.[31] Sellers and Shelton (2003) found that a relationship between racial
discrimination and emotional distress was moderated by racial ideology and social beliefs. [32]
MEME 2-FOUR YEARS FOR YOUR BACHELORS?I’VE WORKED 60 FOR MY MASTERS.

According to a United Nations convention on racial discrimination, there is no distinction

between the terms "racial" and "ethnic" discrimination. The UN convention further concludes
that superiority based on racial differentiation is scientifically false, morally condemnable,
socially unjust and dangerous, and there is no justification for racial discrimination,
anywhere, in theory or in practice.[3]
Racist ideology can become manifest in many aspects of social life. Racism can be present
in social actions, practices, or political systems (e.g., apartheid) that support the expression
of prejudice or aversion in discriminatory practices. Associated social actions may
include nativism, xenophobia, otherness, segregation, hierarchical ranking, supremacism,
and related social phenomena.
While much of the research and work on racism during the last half-century or so has
concentrated on "white racism" in the Western world, historical accounts of race-based
social practices can be found across the globe.[26] Thus, racism can be broadly defined to
encompass individual and group prejudices and acts of discrimination that result in material
and cultural advantages conferred on a majority or a dominant social group.
[27]
So-called "white racism" focuses on societies in which white populations are the majority
or the dominant social group. In studies of these majority white societies, the aggregate of
material and cultural advantages is usually termed "white privilege".
MEME 3- OVER 620,000 WHITE PEOPLE DIED TO FREE BLACK SLAVES AND STILL TO THIS DAY NOT
EVEN 1 THANK YOU.

Sociologists, in general, recognize "race" as a social construct. This means that, although
the concepts of race and racism are based on observable biological characteristics, any
conclusions drawn about race on the basis of those observations are heavily influenced by
cultural ideologies. Racism, as an ideology, exists in a society at both
the individual and institutionallevel.
While much of the research and work on racism during the last half-century or so has
concentrated on "white racism" in the Western world, historical accounts of race-based
social practices can be found across the globe.[26] Thus, racism can be broadly defined to
encompass individual and group prejudices and acts of discrimination that result in material
and cultural advantages conferred on a majority or a dominant social group. [27] So-called
"white racism" focuses on societies in which white populations are the majority or the
dominant social group. In studies of these majority white societies, the aggregate of material
and cultural advantages is usually termed "white privilege".
Some sociologists also argue that, particularly in the West where racism is often negatively
sanctioned in society, racism has changed from being a blatant to a more covert expression
of racial prejudice. The "newer" (more hidden and less easily detectable) forms of racism—
which can be considered embedded in social processes and structures—are more difficult
to explore as well as challenge. It has been suggested that, while in many countries overt or
explicit racism has become increasingly taboo, even among those who display egalitarian
explicit attitudes, an implicit or aversive racism is still maintained subconsciously.[33]