She articulates that, "multiculturalism has been mostly utilized to reduce prejudice and bring about attitudinal changes; antiracism, on the other hand, challenges the systematic and institutional practices that sustain and perpetuate racist practices." It can be interpreted that antiracism demands much more aggressive action whereas multiculturalism takes on a much more passive approach. It is important when dealing with racial feminist discrimination, that one approaches the subject with a more antiracial frame of mind than one of multiculturalism. .
Internalizing can be defined as simply seeing something as the way it is, and that there is no need for change. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines internalization: to incorporate (as values or patterns of culture) within the self as conscious or subconscious guiding principles through learning or socialization. Not only have white women, in particular, begun to internalize certain stereotypes subconsciously, but they have been taught not to see the privileges they have compared to other races. In the article by Peggy McIntosh, White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See the Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies, she states, "I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not to recognize male privilege." She continues on to describe white privilege "like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, assurances, tools, maps, guides, codebooks, passports, visas, clothes, compass, emergency gear, and blank checks." Very few women ever realize their own privileges. They are born into society with white skin and already, they will never have to worry about whether or not they will be aloud to get onto a bus to get around the city. Nor will they have rocks thrown at them in the playground because people think their skin is dirty. If they are born white and as a female, they will never realize that although they will have a difficult time making the same wage as a male, they are still able to attain a position of respect in many work places unlike many women of color.
