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politics and international relations
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conceptual issues in multicultural psychology
intergroup relations
social justice orientation
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conceptual issues in multicultural psychology
intergroup relations
social justice orientation
prejudice and discrimination
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groups, teams, and teamwork
intergroup relations
social justice orientation
prejudice and discrimination
Preferred term
internal colonialism
Definition
- Internal colonialism, a theory on race, came into popularity during the Civil Rights Movement and is used by Black activists to explain White and Black relations in the United States. Internal colonialism exemplifies a form of exploitation and disinvestment in minority racial and ethnic communities by a dominant race in the same nation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Internal Colonialism]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/internal_colonialism
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