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The Institute for Recovery from Racismsâ Fr. Clarence Williams, CPPS, Ph.D. Director |
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The Institute for Recovery from Racismsâ Fr. Clarence Williams, CPPS, Ph.D. Director |
Sociotext for Recovering from Racisms
| White (Europeans / Caucasians) | Nonwhite (Blacks / People of Color) | ||||
Response Repertories |
White Supremacy | Whites relating to Nonwhites | Nonwhites relating to Whites | Nonwhite Supremacy | Colorists / Intermediates |
Denial |
Denial that People of Color are equal human beings | Denial of White privilege, avoidance and / or hostility towards Nonwhites | Denial of effects of racism in my life | Denial that Whites are people: both good and bad | Denial of their Nonwhiteness |
Anger |
Anger that Nonwhites enjoy some degree of enfranchisement | Anger when their racism (blatant or latent) is pointed out | Anger at the realization that racism has circumscribed and impacted their life from birth | Anger that Nonwhites do not see what White society is perpetrating | Anger when their person is denied or confined based on Nonwhiteness |
Bargaining |
Bargaining: My Whiteness is protected by the separation and avoidance of People of Color | Bargaining: "I am not a racist. I don't see color. I judge each person by their character." | Bargaining: "I am not like the rest of the Nonwhite race," i.e. Oreo (Black), Apple (Native), Coconut (Hispanic), Banana (Asian) | Bargaining: Separation from White control of Nonwhite community and psyche | Bargaining: To escape the oppression - I am not Nonwhite, only partially so |
Depression |
Depression: People of Color are seen enjoying the benefits of White entitlement | Depression: Discovery that I really do have racist attitudes, feelings and behavior | Depression: No guarantee of equal treatment: kept in our place | Depression: In realizing that Nonwhites are inter-connected with White society | Depression: Society does not let one escape their Nonwhite status |
Acceptance |
Acceptance: The value of society's enfranchisement is based on my humanity, not my Whiteness | Acceptance: I have to begin my recovery from racism within (psyche) and without (social) | Acceptance: Accept myself as a person who is operating in a hostile society | Acceptance: Nonwhites are part of society and deserve to be enfranchised | Acceptance: To recover my self-esteem based on my person, not my degree of - Whiteness |
©Fr. Clarence E. Williams, Jr. 1999