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Mini Essay #2 - Race & Institutional Racism | Think about: This week we are learning about how racism and notions about race get embedded into systems and institutions. Once racial ideologies and associated racism beliefs are part of system processes, they tend to perpetuate themselves, impact individuals and communities, and are incredibly difficult to dismantle. This week we are learning about two associated but variable examples of institutional racism: • • Environmental & Cultural institutional racism in Hawaii. ○ You will read Haunani-Kay Trask's (2020) short piece on how the land and culture of Hawaii has been "prostituted" by rampant tourism and on-going colonization. This article serves as a short summary that encapsulates much of her life's work/activism for Hawaiian sovereignty (Read more, here). Watch here to learn about the current and on-going struggle for Hawaiian sovereignty. Mass incarceration in the U.S. You will learn about the system of mass incarceration in America by watching 13th (Duvernay 2016) and reading a piece that supplements the film (PDF). The assignment: I want you to identify the institutional racism that allows these social problems to exist. Specifically, discuss how one or both systems are perpetuated by racist ideals/beliefs. That is - • A.) How is the continued land dispossession and cultural destruction of Hawaiians/Hawaii made possible by racial ideologies (think: Omi & Winant) and/or B.) How is the system of mass incarceration, where Black and Brown bodies are vastly overrepresented in the carceral state, facilitated by racism in multiple systems? о There are no right or wrong answers, but make sure to draw directly from the material when outlining your perspective (:

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