Racism becomes hegemonic when subordinated groups consent to naturalized hierarchy.

Evidence

The discursive strategies make racism justifiable, logical, normal, and commonsensical. In other words, they are used to make racism hegemonic in the Gramscian sense where the subordinated consent to their subordination because of the naturalization of the hierarchy. Moreover, racecraft makes it appear as though racial groups exist in nature and are real. But as noted above, while race is not real, the practices of racecraft and the ideology of racism are very real. … This is not to suggest that the experiences among groups are the same but rather to demonstrate how the racecraft is the same and has the same purpose. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 461

Categorization

• DEFINE: Restates Gramscian hegemony as consent-to-subordination and racecraft as the naturalizing mechanism, and clarifies that shared racecraft tooling does not equate group experiences.
• XREF: connects to: Hegemony works by making the status quo appear to lack alternatives.; Racecraft naturalizes hierarchy so the subordinated consent to their own subordination — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 461; Racism functions to secure a dominant group’s hegemony over subordinate groups. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 635 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Dominant groups become hegemonic when subordinates accept their vision as legitimate. #corroborates (0.92) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3380
• Racism functions to secure a dominant group’s hegemony over subordinate groups. #expands (0.90) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 635
• Subordinated racial groups actively participate in creating and maintaining hierarchy #expands (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3583
• Racism functions as hegemonic practice securing dominance favorable to economic development #expands (0.80) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 635
• Subordinate groups can invert racial categories to positive strategic effect #complicates (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 115
• Racist ideologies both oppress subordinated groups and can be inverted into resistance #complicates (0.75) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 638