racialized social system approach
The alternative framework for understanding U.S. race relations that describes Glenn's perspective is the **racialized social system approach**. This framework, proposed by Evelyn Nakano Glenn, emphasizes that race is central to the social structure and dynamics of the United States. It argues that social, economic, and political relations are structured based on racial categorizations, which in turn affect individuals' life chances and experiences in society. This approach views race not just as an element of individual identity or episodic instances of bias, but as a persisting and central axis of social organization and power distribution.
