One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Condemn White Supremacy
When someone asks you to condemn white supremacy, you do it.
By Guimel DeCarvalho
Vice President of People & Culture and Chief Diversity Officer
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Below find a link to the Anti-Defamation League’s clear definition of white supremacy and an article from The Atlantic digging into the nuances of white supremacy and how how white supremacy shows up in our current culture. Lastly, find out how to “join the fight for justice, inclusion and fairness for all by reading The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights’ 10 concrete action items you can take to combat white supremacy.
Read the Anti-Defamation League‘s clear definition of white supremacy:
White supremacy is a term used to characterize various belief systems central to which are one or more of the following key tenets: 1) whites should have dominance over people of other backgrounds, especially where they may co-exist; 2) whites should live by themselves in a whites-only society; 3) white people have their own “culture” that is superior to other cultures; 4) white people are genetically superior to other people. As a full-fledged ideology, white supremacy is far more encompassing than simple racism or bigotry. Most white supremacists today further believe that the white race is in danger of extinction due to a rising “flood” of non-whites, who are controlled and manipulated by Jews, and that imminent action is need to “save” the white race.
Learn the language of white supremacy. White supremacy reveals itself in the nuances of how it shows up in our current culture. Read how in The Atlantic’s piece “The Language of White Supremacy.”
Do something to stop it.
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights lists 10 concrete action items you can take to stop white supremacy.
