In this view, racism is “a racialized systemic and structural system that organizes our society.” Racism structures society in such a way that the white dominant group systemically advantages and overvalues its own group members while oppressing and exploiting other people. All of this seems justified because of the dehumanizing categories and ideologies designed to make an “other” out of nonwhite people and because of the “legitimate” and “official” channels through which policy is enforced.
