Definitions

Race Defined.

Race is a social construct used to group people. Race was constructed as a hierarchical human-grouping system, generating racial classifications to identify, distinguish and marginalize some groups across nations, regions and the world. Race divides human populations into groups often based on physical appearance, social factors and cultural backgrounds. 

Power, Privilege and Oppression

Power: The capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events.

Privilege: A right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed by a particular person or a restricted group of people beyond the advantages of most and the unearned and mostly unacknowledged societal advantage that a restricted group of people has over another group

Oppression: Malicious or unjust treatment or exercise of power, often under the guise of governmental authority or cultural opprobrium

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