In her article, “Defining Racism”, Beverly Tatum discusses racism and how it continues to rear its ugly head, even today. By providing a unique definition for the controversial term, she is able to highlight what it really means to be human, as well as the limitations that surround the word “racism”. Tatum’s writing draws upon ideas that can be seen in several works including the article, “Representations of Whiteness in the Black Imagination” and novels such as Between the World and Me, March Book One, March Book Two, and Kite Runner. Through each one of these novels, the reader is shown what humanity through a racist lens looks like. To begin, Tatum defines racism as “ a system of advantage based on race” (126). Unlike the traditional
