Racism & White Privilege

Racism

• When an individual or organisation with race-based societal power discriminates, excludes, or disadvantages a person because of their race, colour, descent, nationality, ethnicity, religion and/or immigrant status

• Racism can be systemic or interpersonal, unconscious or conscious, active or passive, obvious or subtle

Racism results in:

• Poor health and increased chance of developing chronic disease

• Unequal access & treatment

• People not accessing treatment

• Marginalisation & social exclusion

• Psychological stress/distress

• Spiritual and psychic harm (feelings of self doubt, frustration and flattened confidence)

• Soul-woundedness; racialized bodily trauma i.e. lack of hope, connectedness, cultural wellbeing, belonging

Conceptual levels of racism

Forms of racism