Racism is a societal system of ethnic and racial domination, not merely ideology

Evidence

To understand in some detail how discourse may contribute to racism, we first need to summarize our theory of racism. Whereas racism is often reduced to racist ideology, it is here understood as a complex societal system of ethnically or “racially” based domination and its resulting inequality (for detail, see van Dijk, 1993). — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1051

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sharpens the definition of racism as a full societal system of domination and inequality, directly relevant to how the vault treats racism e.g. against Omi and Winant’s racial formation.
• XREF: Connects directly to Omi and Winant’s racial formation theory cited in the passage; also anchors van Dijk’s systemic reading of racism in the vault. — connects to: Racism has relative autonomy from other social relations; Racism functions to secure a dominant group’s hegemony over subordinate groups. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 635; A society is racist by harmful outcomes even without racist intent (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• Structural racism operates beyond individual intentions and prejudice #expands (0.90) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 42
• Racism operates through whole institutions and eras, not only individual intentions #expands (0.90) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1558
• Racism functions structurally apart from individuals’ personal intent #expands (0.90) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1477
• Racism based on power structures is not aggregate interpersonal antipathy #corroborates (0.90)
• Racism has relative autonomy from other social relations #expands (0.85)
• A society is racist by harmful outcomes even without racist intent #expands (0.85)
• Racism structures dominant public spheres rather than merely appearing within them #expands (0.85)
• Racism operates even without deliberate hatred #expands (0.85) — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 125
• Modern racism is framed as individual deviance rather than systemic structure #contradicts (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1817
• Racism functions as practices that ascribe and legitimate social positions #expands (0.85)
• Racism functions to secure a dominant group’s hegemony over subordinate groups. #expands (0.80) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 635
• Race is a product of racism, so groups are racialized rather than racial. #expands (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 107
• Racism is a hegemonic practice that is articulated with, not necessary to, capitalist formations #expands (0.80)
• Racisms hybridize across racialized groups rather than staying within fixed boundaries #complicates (0.80)
• Ethnocentric racism targets different minorities while sharing commensurable structures across nations #expands (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2571