Characteristics of White Supremacy
Title: White Privilege: Characteristics of White Supremacy
Created: 2024
Medium: Graphic Design
Software: Adobe Illustrator CC
Dimensions: 36″x48″
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“Below is a list of characteristics of white supremacy culture which show up in our organizations. Culture is powerful precisely because it is so present and at the same time so very difficult to name or identify. The characteristics listed below are damaging because they are used as norms and standards without being pro-actively named or chosen by the group. They are damaging because they promote white supremacy thinking. They are damaging to both people of color and to white people. Organizations that are people of color-led or a majority people of color can also demonstrate many damaging characteristics of white supremacy culture.”
The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture, From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001
“One of the purposes of listing characteristics of white supremacy culture is to
point out how organizations which unconsciously use these characteristics as
their norms and standards make it difficult, if not impossible, to open the door to
other cultural norms and standards. As a result, many of our organizations, while
saying we want to be multicultural, really only allow other people and cultures to
come in if they adapt or conform to already existing cultural norms. Being able to
identify and name the cultural norms and standards you want is a first step to
making room for a truly multi-cultural organization.”
White Supremacy Culture, From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001 (Minnesota Historical Society, PDF)
The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture
Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001
- Perfectionism
- Sense of Urgency
- Defensiveness
- Quantity Over Quality
- Worship of the Written Word
- Only One Right Way
- Paternalism
- Either/Or Thinking
- Power Hoarding
- Fear of Open Conflict
- Individualism
- I Am The Only One
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White Privilege
White Privilege is a series of artworks by Ihanktonwan Dakota artist David Bernie that discusses racism, capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy.
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