Editing Sidanius Pratto 1999 (section)

====Systematic Terror====
*“The use of violent threats or violence disproportionately directed towards subordinates” (Sidanius and Pratto, Chapter 2). Used to maintain power imbalance and ensure deference of subordinates to dominants.
**Ex. police brutality against Black americans (state violence), violence against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic
*Three forms of '''systematic terror''':
**'''official terror''': violence perpetrated by the state in a public capacity (ex. public hangings of enemies of the state, disproportionate use of death penalty against Black Americans), mass arrest of protestors
**'''semiofficial terror''': violence carried out  by the state (or organs of the state) covertly (ex. mistreatment of prisoners at Guantanamo and illegal detention)
**'''unofficial terror''': violence or threats of violence by private individuals from dominants against subordinates. Does not have state sanction but often does have participation or approval of security forces (ex. Lynchings by the Ku Klux Klan).
*In democratic societies, dominants in politics will have to justify their brutality (the authors argue). So much of the terror occurs covertly or unofficially. No such subtlety is required in authoritarian regimes.