To clarify my position more: I do agree in some cities, explicit racism of those in power do have a noticeable impact on individuals living in that city. Also I am interested in current examples of oppression, not historical explanations.
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Also to clarify further, after seeing responses, I'm especially interested in what you mean when you say systemic oppression. Being very clear the sort of thing you're referring to is really helpful
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I would look at housing and business loan approval rates, ideally (somehow) corrected for differences that are not related to how different skin colour leads, at a narrow point in time, to loan approval.
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I think the most defensible claims are that there are some concrete areas of life - access to essentials like jobs and housing, where at least historically and in some areas currently, people still use skin colour as part of their intuitions for evaluating people.
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Connections correlate with and are often based on some superficial characteristics, such as race (we like to connect with people who are similar). And we naturally prefer closer connections when doing favors and choosing who to deal with. Can access to connections be more fair?
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Affirmative action. The less Asians in elite colleges the more room for everyone else.
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Affirmative action (in college admissions and hiring) is the easy, obvious, and probably only answer in the US.
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Local schools are funded by property taxes. So in bad neighborhoods where property prices are lower the funding will automatically be lower. Because the funding is lower the outcomes will be worse. The students won't be able to go to college. That means they won't be able to
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Move to a neighborhood where there are good schools. And the cycle goes on forever. If you didn't do well in school and can't find a real good paying job you start selling drugs. You go to prison. If you have kids then they might have to live with relatives or be taken into
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