4. Test understanding invisible racism

What is behind the word race?

Socially constructed norms or traits that through socialisation individuals or groups attribute to themselves or others.
A human group that differs across societies and cultures but does not change over time within the same society.
Race is socially constructed human group without actual biological facts, and changes over time within the same society.
A means of social control that differentially serves to restrict or regulate the behaviours of one group over the other.

What constitutes racism?

The intersection of racial prejudices and discriminatory behaviours, which are supported by institutions, policies, and laws.
The presence of racial prejudices and bias behaviours that are supported by institutions, policies, and laws.
The presence of racial discrimination and stereotypes which are supported by institutions, policies, and laws.
The intersection of racial stereotypes and bias behaviours that are supported by institutions, policies, and laws.

What is invisible racism?

Invisible racism refers to both internalised racism and internalised discrimination.
Invisible racism refers to covert racism in opposite to the overt racism.
Invisible racism refers to microaggressions; verbal or nonverbal insults, whether intentional or unintentional.
Invisible racism refers to racial prejudices of one social group against the other, backed by institutional power.

What contributes to the perpetuation of racism?

A lack of anti-racism interventions in support of non-elite racial minorities.
A lack of proper human rights education, resources, and funding among anti-racism actors.
A lack of institutional policies and laws that are established to address and prevent racial discrimination.
A common notion of normative process within the informal and formal social systems that allows unequal access to social offering based on racial hierarchies.

What do we mean by the normalisation of racism?

Racism is a means of social control that differentially serves to restrict or regulate the behaviours of specified racial groups.
Economic, social, political, or legal systems of inequality have been normalised for the benefits of the racial privileged elite groups.
Racism is continually under construction through various means of socialisation to restrict or regulate the behaviours of specified racial groups.
Xenophobic fears and racial codes are being used to justify racial prejudices and discriminatory behaviours towards refugees.