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    Systemic racism is a sociological theory that views racism in the United States as ingrained in each part of society, including patterns of undeserved impoverishment and enrichment of blacks and whites. It posits that costs and burdens of racism disproportionately impact black people through shorter life spans, limited income and wealth potential, impacted family structures due to mass incarceration of black people, and limited access to education and political participation. Resistance to racism is an important feature of systemic racism according to this theory.

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    Systemic racism is a sociological theory that views racism in the United States as ingrained in each part of society, including patterns of undeserved impoverishment and enrichment of blacks and whites. It posits that costs and burdens of racism disproportionately impact black people through shorter life spans, limited income and wealth potential, impacted family structures due to mass incarceration of black people, and limited access to education and political participation. Resistance to racism is an important feature of systemic racism according to this theory.

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    Systemic racism is a sociological theory that views racism in the United States as ingrained in each part of society, including patterns of undeserved impoverishment and enrichment of blacks and whites. It posits that costs and burdens of racism disproportionately impact black people through shorter life spans, limited income and wealth potential, impacted family structures due to mass incarceration of black people, and limited access to education and political participation. Resistance to racism is an important feature of systemic racism according to this theory.

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    symbolic interactionism - relies on the symbolic meaning that

    people develop and rely upon in the process of social interaction.


    Max Weber's assertion that individuals act according to their interpretation
    of the meaning of their world
    Symbolic interaction theory analyzes society by addressing the
    subjective meanings that people impose on objects, events, and
    behaviors.
    definition of the situation People interpret one anothers behavior
    and it is these interpretations that form the social bond.
    functionalist perspective
    -This perspective focuses on social systems as a whole, how they
    operate, how they change, and the social consequences they
    produce.
    - Emile Durkheim and Talcott Parsons
    Systemic racismis a sociological theory for understanding the role of
    race and racism in United States society developed by Joe R. Feagin
    Systemic here means that the core racist realities are manifested in
    each of societys major parts
    Patterns of undeserved impoverishment and enrichment
    This pattern consists of the simultaneous and mutually dependent
    denial of wealth accumulation for blacks, and unjust wealth
    accumulation for whites
    Vested group interests, Alienating racist relations
    The costs and burdens of racism
    are disproportionately born by black people, including shorter life
    spans, limited income and wealth potential, impacted family
    structure as a result of mass incarceration of black people, limited
    access to educational resources and political participation, and the
    psychological, emotional, and community tolls of living with less,
    and being seen as less than
    The role that white elites play

    The rationalization of racial oppression by racist ideology is a key


    way in which systemic racism operates and is central to its
    reproduction.
    resistance to racism is also an important feature of systemic racism

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