Me and White Supremacy Setting & Symbolism

Saad, Layla F.
This Study Guide consists of approximately 34 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Me and White Supremacy.

Me and White Supremacy Setting & Symbolism

Saad, Layla F.
This Study Guide consists of approximately 34 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Me and White Supremacy.
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White supremacy

Saad then defines white supremacy as “a racist ideology that is based upon the belief that white people are superior in many ways to people of other races and that therefore, white people should be dominant over other race” (12). White supremacy continues to be a dominant force in the modern world, with many people contributing to white supremacy without even realizing it. This book exposes many aspects and manifestations of white supremacy, in order to equip the reader to recognize their own complicity in white supremacy.

White privilege

White privilege consists of the many “unearned advantages” (34) that white and white-passing people receive under white supremacy. White privilege, by its nature, is a comfortable and passive state, and it generally insulates people with white privilege from having to realize or confront the facts of their privileged state. This books helps readers with white privilege to better recognize...

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