Feeling White pp 163-177 | Cite as

Decolonizing the Colonial White Mind

  • Cheryl E. Matias
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Part of the Cultural Pluralism Democracy, Socio-environmental justice & Education book series (CPDS)

Abstract

White supremacy, enacted through individual and institutionalized racism, is like colonization in that it has an overarching oppressive state of coloniality that impacts the relationships and social positions of racial colonizers and the racially colonized.

Keywords

Power Structure Critical Race White Supremacy White Privilege Racial Structure 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Cheryl E. Matias
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  1. 1.University of ColoradoDenverUSA

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