This reformulation of four pillars of White supremacy encompasses the shifting strategies that racial oppression takes. The pillars represent the various questions that White supremacy poses upon encountering nonwhite peoples of the world: Should we exploit them (i.e., commodification)? Should we eradicate them (i.e., extermination)? Should we villify them (i.e., demonization)? Should we assimilate them (i.e., indoctrination)?
