White Dominance: (Social Postionality of Whiteness) Consistent with social dominance theory, Whites in the colonized world established a set of legitimizing myths that characterized Indigenous people as infidels, heathens, savages, and uncivilized, thus deepening the divide of social postionality between themselves and those who they had designated as a negative reference group. White hegemony soon became embedded in systems of privilege and penalty that further legitimized and exacerbated the subordinate position of the minimal group. … Continue reading →