This toolkit can help anyone who controls access to an organization’s public profile develop new opportunities to support and elevate thinkers, writers, and speakers of color in our communications, research, events, and advocacy. These gatekeepers include communications and marketing staff, event planners, executive directors, managers, and others.

White supremacist culture is a widespread ideology baked into the beliefs, norms, and standards of groups, communities, towns, states, and nations that teaches people both overtly and covertly that whiteness holds intrinsic value. This culture is reflected in the current disproportionate and systemic harm and violence directed toward communities and people of color (POC) in all aspects of life. This includes health, employment, education, policing, and the environment, among many other issues.

The goal of this paper is to examine white supremacy through a lens that aims to better define it systemically and individually. Each section of this paper explores the diverse social and policy implications that influence the creation and sustenance of white supremacy in human culture, systems, and social settings.