So it seems for most people, the term "racism" does not refer to privilege + power; e.g., those not in power can still be racist. I think the privilege+power people should use a different word from racism so this is less confusing.
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You don't need to assume malice. Most of the people who do it don't intentionally engage in motte-and-bailey tactics, but it usually functions that way. And it rarely helps to point it out to them.
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The thing is a term already exists for it and they even use it quite frequently; systemic racism. It's just common for people to posit that systemic racism is the definition of racism, likely to skirt self awareness of their own racism in practice.
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That's good, but we should be way past default assumptions by now. To assume ignorance seems willfully ignorant.
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I mean the 'default assumption' is the one you fall back on when you don't have enough information to form a specific belief about a specific case, yes? The 'not yet enough info' assumption.
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Well unfortunately you're wrong. And your axiom to prefer assuming ignorance rather than malice is nothing more than wishful thinking. Malicious people are all around you.
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