Racism has a cognitive subsystem of shared mental models beyond visible acts

Evidence

The second subsystem of racism is cognitive. Whereas the discriminatory practices of members of dominant groups and institutions form the visible and tangible manifestations of everyday racism, such practices also have a mental basis consisting of biased models of ethnic events and interactions, which in turn are rooted in racist prejudices and ideologies (van Dijk, 1984, 1987,1998). This does not mean that discriminatory practices are always intentional, but only that they presuppose socially shared and negatively oriented mental representations of Us about Them. Most psychological studies of “prejudice” deal with this aspect of racism, though seldom in those terms, that is, in terms of their role in the social system of racism. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1054

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines a tripartite (here specifically cognitive) subsystem model of racism that could ground vault-wide distinctions between everyday practice, mental schema, and ideology.
• XREF: connects to: Racism shapes target psychology as an ever-present accessible explanatory context, not just episodic events — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1080; Elite discourse reproduces racism by shaping shared mental models of minorities — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1121; Racism functions as a chronically accessible lens shaping interpretation and goals (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Elite discourse reproduces racism by shaping shared mental models of minorities #corroborates (0.90) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1121
• Racism functions as a chronically accessible lens shaping interpretation and goals #expands (0.88)
• Racism shapes target psychology as an ever-present accessible explanatory context, not just episodic events #corroborates (0.85) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1080
• Racism is socially learned and reproduced through discourse rather than innate #corroborates (0.80)
• Prejudice experiences create chronically accessible cognitive states in targets #corroborates (0.78) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 943