Sociotext
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 non-whiteness 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 non-whiteness |
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 |