My Approaches to Racism: Modal ways of thinking about racism

1. Some believe that racism is a learned behavior, usually introduced through childhood experiences and familial upbringing and values.

2. Some believe that racism is the exclusive experience of people of color.

3. Some believe that racism does not exist and class warfare is the source of seemingly racialized issues.

4. Some believe that racism is dead.

5. Some believe that the rise to racial equality has reached its plateau and that the playing field for opportunities has been successfully leveled.

6. Some believe that race is a biological fact.

7. Some believe that race is a social construction and a political tool.

8. Some see the links between race and culture/ethnicity and read them as one in the same.

9. Some do not believe that racial equality can be reached.

10. Some believe that racial equality must be pushed for until it is reached.