a) Although I used examples from the U.S. because that's where I'm currently living, other commenters have chimed in with international anecdotes of their own.
b) Also, even in the U.S., POC do have institutional power over other POC. For example, Asian-Americans are commonly regarded as the Model Minority (not something I'm going to get into here) and as "above" other POC, though still below whites. Asians are prejudiced against Caucasians with a bit of envy; they are prejudiced against blacks and (to a slightly lesser extent) Hispanics because of ingrained cultural perceptions. This latter prejudice is backed by institutional power and thus constitutes racism.
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Date: 2008-08-07 02:51 am (UTC)a) Although I used examples from the U.S. because that's where I'm currently living, other commenters have chimed in with international anecdotes of their own.
b) Also, even in the U.S., POC do have institutional power over other POC. For example, Asian-Americans are commonly regarded as the Model Minority (not something I'm going to get into here) and as "above" other POC, though still below whites. Asians are prejudiced against Caucasians with a bit of envy; they are prejudiced against blacks and (to a slightly lesser extent) Hispanics because of ingrained cultural perceptions. This latter prejudice is backed by institutional power and thus constitutes racism.