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White (Europeans / Caucasians) |
Nonwhite (People of Color) |
Response Repertories |
White Supremacy |
Whites relating to Nonwhites |
Nonwhites relating to Whites |
Nonwhite Supremacy |
Colorists / Intermediates |
Denial |
Denial that Nonwhites are equal human beings |
Denial of white privilege, avoidance and / or hostility towards Nonwhites |
Denial of effects of racism in my life |
Denial that Whites are people, both good and bad |
Denial of their nonwhiteness or whiteness |
Anger |
Anger that Nonwhites enjoy some degree of enfranchisement |
Anger when their racism (blatant or latent) is pointed out |
Anger at the realization that racism has circumscribed and impacted their life from birth |
Anger that Nonwhites do not see what White society is perpetrating |
Anger when their humanity is denied or confined based on nonwhiteness |
Bargaining |
Bargaining: My Whiteness is protected by the separation and avoidance of nonwhites |
Bargaining: "I am not a racist. I don't see color. I judge people by their character." |
Bargaining: "I am not like the rest of the Nonwhite race," i.e. Oreo (Black), Apple (Native), Coconut (Hispanic), Banana (Asian) |
Bargaining: Separation from white control of nonwhite community and psyche |
Bargaining: To escape the oppression - I am not Nonwhite, only partially so |
Depression |
Depression: People of Color are seen enjoying the benefits of White enfranchisement |
Depression: Discovery of racial dysfunction in attitudes, feelings and behavior |
Depression: No guarantee of equal treatment, kept in our place |
Depression: The realizing that Nonwhites are inter-connected with white society |
Depression: Society does not let one escape their Nonwhite status |
Acceptance |
Acceptance: The value of society's enfranchisement is based on my humanity, not my whiteness |
Acceptance: My recovery from racism begins with myself and my world |
Acceptance: Acceptance of operating in a hostile society |
Acceptance: Nonwhites are part of society and deserve to be enfranchised |
Acceptance: To recover my self-esteem based on my person, not my degree of - whiteness |
