concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: racial supremacism

politics of oppression
type: Concept
narrower: racial supremacism

prejudice and discrimination
type: Concept
narrower: racial supremacism

racial supremacism
type: Concept
broader: sociopolitical movements and conflicts
broader: prejudice and discrimination
broader: politics of oppression
definition: Racial supremacy is related to social structures that organize people politically and economically into complex hierarchical systems of racialized social groups or “races.” A critical understanding of racial supremacy is vital to the field of global studies because racial phenomena, such as the persistence of wealth and power imbalances on a global scale between light- and dark-skinned people, are significant features of global society. This entry focuses on the following components of the globalization of racial supremacy: racial superiority and inferiority; global White supremacy; White opportunity structures; colorism, which is the belief that those who have lighter skin are superior (i.e., smarter or more attractive); and pigmentocracy, which is a political and social arrangement based on a hierarchical ordering of people based on skin tone. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Racial Supremacy]
narrower: white supremacism

sociopolitical movements and conflicts
type: Concept
narrower: racial supremacism

white supremacism
type: Concept
broader: racial supremacism