white supremacism
prejudice and discrimination
sociopolitical movements and conflicts
concepts
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]
racial supremacism
politics of oppression