Structural Racism Explained

The Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley presents:

Teachers should feel encouraged to prod students to read and engage with source materials. The video and prompts provided here are designed and developed primarily for high school students, but can also be used by upper-level middle school systems or undergraduate university students, with tailoring.

The video script and teaching guide were developed by Stephen Menendian.
Narration by Dr. Chip McNeal
Studio and Production Partners by Creative Transit Agency
Produced and Directed by Cecilie Surasky and Rachelle Galloway-Popotas

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction and institutional racism
1:02 Institutional racism
2:20 Systemic racism
3:38 Comparing interpersonal, institutional, and systemic racism
4:10 Structural racism
5:05 How history bears on the present
6:06 Remedying structural racism

[DearProfessorRF]

Finally, this is the clearest explanation I’ve been able to find.
Thank you professor.

[kymbrionataylor]

Wow, this was by far the most helpful explanation to give me insight into the distinctions between institutional, systemic, and structural racism! Thank you!

[bucket-o-fish]

This is so well done and it breaks my heart knowing people like my dad could watch this without believing a word of it 😞

[keyboarddancers]

Why does certain types of racism supposedly hold black people back from achieving success in academia but it doesn't hold them back from achieving success in sports, music and entertainment?

[TruthSupremacy]

Racial inequalities are absolutely normal.

[diegosanchez-voew]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:

00:00 🤔 Interpersonal racism involves racist beliefs, individuals, targets, and acts.
00:57 🏢 Institutional racism results from policies and practices in organizations that produce racial inequalities, often appearing neutral.
02:15 🔄 Systemic racism encompasses racial inequities that spread between different institutions within a system.
04:11 🏗️ Structural racism considers how entire systems interact, like housing segregation leading to racially segregated schools.
05:08 💰 Historical discriminatory policies, like redlining, can result in present-day racial disparities in wealth and public services.
06:29 🌍 To counter structural racism, policies promoting racial equity and equal opportunity are needed to build a more inclusive world.

Made with HARPA AI

[annettebrown]

Just My Opinion...

As a nearly 80 year old African American female from Harlem, NY), I have either experienced  or witnessed what it means to be the "canary/guinea pig in the coal mine " and how a certain percentage of black and brown people tend to unwittingly play that role in society.

The question is: Does institutional racism exist and are white people responsible for keeping "a certain percentage" of black and brown people down (and out ) in terms of socio-economic, technological,   political, developments and opportunities? Are a  percentage of  black and brown people relegated to play the role of the canary/guinea pig in the coal mine?

Maybe.
Some say yes and some say no. It all depends on WHO you ask!  Although, it is possible there may be some validity to what some might call race-based " selective targeting" towards certain stereotypes.

Here are my thoughts on this subject. ..

In any given hierarchy, there must always be a king/queen, (winners) and as many pawns (losers) as possible to keep the king and queen sitting high upon the throne ...a basic inverse relationship, similar to a "see saw effect" where one individual can only remain sitting high on the throne as long as one individual is positioned and remains seated low to the ground, aka: "permanently planned minority".

IMO...
In any given power struggle, the winner must find ways (and means) to deprive the loser of what it takes to win. Strategies and tactics are very important in order to achieve the desired outcome.

For example, here in the US, (and globally), public policies, laws, and systemic/institutional racism are designed to protect the " national and global interests " of the white majority in terms of health, wealth, housing/home ownership, education, land ownership, employment,   politics, etc.

In fact, one striking revelation that keeps me up at night is how these " systems" are designed to deny a certain percentage of black and brown people access to achieve generational wealth, which keeps us sitting on that proverbial "see saw" low to the ground. Also, by using certain black and brown people for medical experimentation purposes or sending certain  black and brown people into manufactured wars like Vietnam or  even into the American industrial prison complex in order to maintain "quotas and investment profits", demonstrates further damage and deprivation to certain black and brown communities.

IMO, as long as a certain percentage of black and brown people remain somewhat  disadvantaged and denied EQUAL, ( not simply "somewhat equal" ) but EQUAL opportunities to health, wealth, housing/home ownership, education, land ownership, employment,   and politics,   the canary/ guinea pig in the coal mine will continue to  remain on the low end of that proverbial  " see saw".

PS: Please don't be fooled by the wealth and success of those working in the Sports and Entertainment/HipHop music industry.  Some might say they have been chosen to serve as celebrity tokens to keep us preoccupied and distracted from whats going on behind our backs. Nevertheless, always remember, even during slavery, a certain percentage  of black and brown people served not only as house and field workers, but also as entertainment for the slave owners  amusement. (prize fighting, music/singing, tap dancing, comedy, etc.)
These are my thoughts...
Just my opinion... Peace ✌️

[Drfiggy]

These forms of “racisms” are seen in social-cultural moralistic terms; thus, ignoring the political economic roots that create and sustain income and wealth inequality in the US. This is not about disparities among and across racialized people but rather inequalities between those in positions with access to resources and those who don’t have such access. We need to focus on dealing with how our capitalist system encourages the manipulation of the dynamics between capital and labor relations over time by those with access and control over the means of production (across so-called racial groups).

[WPC-LAP]

I really appreciate the information provided in this video, and appreciate the emphasis on visual aids as well. However, I feel that more time should be invested in elaborating on the difference between Systemic and Structural Racism. Especially as the video is titled specifically "Structural Racism Explained", I am surprised that less than a minute was spent actually explaining what Structural Racism is specifically. I ended up needing to try and research these differences in other medias. I would request an addition to this video wherein more time in spent establishing and defining Structural Racism, giving examples, and covering what makes it different from Systemic racism.

[MayaTownsendMSOD]

I appreciate the clarity in this video and the way it explains the difference between interpersonal, institutional, systemic, and structural racism. Thank you!

[Kin]

I am dealing with racism on the job. I have emails and recording of the experience me and 2 other employees has experience. We reported it to the director of HR and the president of the company and nothing was done. The EEOC was sent a statement and and the company responded and we was able to prove the the employer lied and their original attorney quit. Now the EEOC won't pursue anything and the company now trying to fire me.

[tiffanysmith]

The irony of having such an educational video with some of the most asinine comments I have ever read in my life. These people have no shame.

[shayday]

It’s amazing how this video provided tangible examples of policies and practices and many still refuse to see past their own ignorance. Wild. I guess some ppl just do not have the range or are just comfortable in their bigotry.

[hbassey]

This was fantastic. Thank you so much for creating this

[jefferylorance]

Children are not born with with Racism or Hatefulness…
It is taught to children by the ones who rise them and the peoples who are around them.
Racism and hate will never end until, we realize we are teaching our children those bad things.
Children want to grow to like their parents.
We must be careful how we rise our kids … Aloha

[TimKerman]

One of the problems is virtue signalling. People who talk about equality but don't act on it.

[WorldWideLoveNow]

Great video. Seems someone responded with 1 statistical outlier and is utilizing that to attempt to distract from your video's message. In reality, the black immigrants that come here would not come if we were not exploiting their regions and if we paid them the reparations they deserve.

[mrroberttrujillo]

Well done! The subjects of this video are so misunderstood, invisible, and ignored in public education and popular media that the mere investigation of these systems is unbelievable to most. Repeating of the narratives that the US Govt has long told everyone is the first thing I bet folks who comment here will say without even taking a moment to "reflect" on what they just learned.

[Ghostt]

Thank to this video I’m happy for my new journey. “I’m a survivor I’m going make it” song.

[billbonu]

I guess "systemic"never really caught on so they have to try another catchy little word."structural"racism huhuhuhu I have a black friend who can not stand black people and really won't go near them if he can help it.his wife is white, his employees are white, his friends, including me, are white.Ive never gotten into why he's like that, it's not something either of us dwell on, I just noticed after a couple of years of knowing him.