Personal racism and institutional forms never map one-to-one, even under totalitarianism
Evidence
The notion of overdetermination thus allows us to address the complex, multifaceted nature of racism. It indicates that there is no automatic principle of one-to-one correspondence between culture and personality, biography and social structure, culture and identity, such that the institutional forms of racism automatically mirror and/or underwrite the psychic structure of the individual racist. Even in the most racialized, homogenized, and totalitarian kinds of society, where mechanical solidarities rule OK (one thinks of Nazi Germany, or certain settler colonialisms, or South Africa under apartheid), such a tight fit does not obtain. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1294
Categorization
- DEFINE: Clarifies that ‘racialization’ (via overdetermination) implies a non-correspondence between psychic and institutional racism, correcting any assumption of a tight structural fit.
- XREF: connects to: Institutional racism does not mirror individual racist psychic structure, even in totalitarian regimes; Institutional racism can operate without any individual intent. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1864; Institutional racism can persist without any individual racists — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2388 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Institutional racism does not mirror individual racist psychic structure, even in totalitarian regimes
#corroborates(0.97) - Institutional racism can operate without any individual intent.
#expands(0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1864 - Institutional racism can persist without any individual racists
#expands(0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2388 - Racism has relative autonomy from other social relations
#expands(0.75)