Racism and disparities

Definition of Racism



 * Merriam Webster
 * Dictionary.com
 * Oxford and Google
 * Sociological Definitions
 * Claire and Denis 2015
 * Zevallos 2017
 * The final definition is the most common in colleges

Explicit and overt interpersonal bias (Systematic Racism)

 * American Indian blood quantum laws
 * Diversity Visa Lottery

Implicit and aversive bias (Systemicor StructuralRacism)

 * Racial quotas, especially affirmative action at large

Racism by outcome or by disparity

 * Most alleged forms of institutional racism



To explain racism by outcome, we can see two sports institutions


 * Racist Basketball
 * The NBA is 74% black (almost 6 x more compared to the US population) and 0.6% Asian (11 x less likely compared to the US population)
 * Concluding that the racial disproportion in the NBA meant there was some form of racial superiority or bias given to blacks and racial prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism given to Asians would be a non-sequitur
 * Racist Hockey
 * Surprisingly, the third result for “Systemic Racism Proof” on Google shows an article from the “Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre” (yes this is Canada,
 * The article states that the reason they believe that there is institutional racism in Hockey is because the organized hockey population does not reflect the national population. It even states that there is no intent for this disparity. Prejudice, discrimination, and antagonism (the prerequisites for racism) are premeditated activities.