EXAMINATION & INTERROGATION

Evaluating the systems and structures of society to determine where whiteness

and white supremacy have contributed to oppression.

Determining when, where, and how systems and structures are inherently racist
and oppressive.
EXAMINATION
Evaluating one’s self and one’s relationships to see where whiteness and white
supremacy has the potential to or is in actuality leading to oppression.
Relationships aren’t just familial, kinship, or platonic; they are all the relationships
that come out of interaction with systems and structures.

Asking hard questions about the things that we take for granted in society.
INTERROGATION Coupled with examination, interrogation serves as a way for us to begin to
challenge the racist status quo.

Systems: the various philosophies, pedagogies, and disciplines that produce or

influence policy and praxis in the broader society. Examples of systems include
finance, education, law, transportation, the penal system, agriculture, theology,
government, etc.
SYSTEMS & STRUCTURES
Structures: institutionalized systems. Structures are where the policy and praxis of
systems becomes institutionalized and pushed into the broader society. Examples
of structures are banks and ending, schools, jails, courts, highways and streets,
food supply, Congress, churches, etc.