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Whiteness And Racism
One of the things they mentioned about being part of the whiteness compared to the minority. It puts everyone into two categories, highly racialized. This was built into our culture and now correlates into communities. It all started from the world's early upbringing, were people began to build various viewpoints on ideas mentioned in mass culture. Then it goes into a common referenced to white people, which is "white trash." This has created tremendous views for both sides on whether its racist or not. In concludes the overlapping hierarchies of class and whiteness. Then it goes into talking about what is necessarily racist and what is not. An example that came to mind is the fact that most individuals believe that the "white race" is the
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