Conștientizarea rasială = capacitatea de a recunoaște rasele existente și că aceasta modelează realitatea în moduri inechitabile și nedrepte (Wehlburg C.M., (2014) New Directions for teaching and Learning, Jossey-Bass. San Francisco. Pag. 33 https://books.google.it/books?id=hBcHBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=ability+to+recognize+that+race+exists+and+that+it+shapes+reality+in+inequitable+and+unjust+ways&source=bl&ots=BMNtJ9b0kW&sig=ACfU3U29xZNVY7y7KIwBv8ESmGIrMm0-Ag&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwil0-HC07n3AhUPRfEDHSQiBoMQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=ability%20to%20recognize%20that%20race%20exists%20and%20that%20it%20shapes%20reality%20in%20inequitable%20and%20unjust%20ways&f=false)