Topic > Analysis of the documentary Whitewashed - 700

“Being smarter than blacks, a higher economic status, or even being a better race than any other.” As we learned in class, the white people in this documentary have internalized racial oppression. These whites can be grouped into internalized racial superiority. Everyone has experienced the common symptoms of denial, exceptionalism, color blindness, ethnocentrism, arrogance, etc. I can infer from this documentary that generalizations can be made to all white people about white privilege and “whiteness.” Another person cited one of Malcolm X's quotes: "Racism is like a Cadillac, a new model every year." This is to explain the idea that racism is socially constructed. Society, many decades ago, formulated an idea of ​​racism in which skin color determined class, intellect and ability. The white people in this video assume, since they were not the ones who enslaved African Americans, that they are not involved in the inequality that America offers to minorities. They are part of the problem because white people are doing nothing with the “power” they have over “whiteness”. The system is already used to watching blacks, Hispanics and Latinos fight for their rights and equality, but if whites with their “whiteness” and their white privileges, it would raise a red flag and hopefully bring about a change. The racial disparity between blacks and whites is enormous. The majority in his country are whites by their power, not by their numbers. White people refuse to acknowledge the racist society we live in and simply make excuses or change the subject. If white people really made their power useful, then they should project themselves against racism