Race is a sociopolitical construct “created and reinforced by social institutional norms and practices, as well as individual attitudes and behavior” (Castañeda & Zúñiga, 2013, p. 58). Historically, this sociopolitical construct was created by the white settlers of the United States to justify their dominance over people defined as racially different, and these racially different people were deemed as inferior (2013). Thereby, the introduction of this sociopolitical construct of race in society created a systematic practice of racism, which is a set of principles and practices established to create advantages such as political control and the accumulation of wealth for white people (2013). Thus, racism develops a system of disadvantages and
