Racial Domination

In cases of institutional racism, the racist actor is not an individual who is racist or possesses racist motives; rather, it is an institution that embodies a racist ideology or otherwise has a racist impact. While the concept of institutional racism is useful, it is a general notion that fails to characterize specific forms of institutional racism. The goal of this paper is to define racial domination and show how it allows us to perspicuously describe common cases of racial injustice and institutional racism. Roughly: to racially dominate a group is to take advantage of their racial vulnerability in order to extract benefits from them.

Duke Scholars

Author Kevin A Richardson Philosophy