Today Is the end of my one-week challenge to provide examples of systemic racism. Here's a thread on what I learned.
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I got lots of outcome-based answers. Some say it doesn't matter WHY the outcomes are different. It only matters that they are. That alone is proof of systemic racism. Is it?
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Some say that non-racist systems (such as the legal system) produce systemic racism when populated by people who are biased but might not realize it. I'd call that regular racism within the context of a system. Is that systemic racism?
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Before I blocked him for bad mind-reading in public, Tim Poole described systemic racism as, for example, getting behind in a small way (say a speeding ticket you can't afford to pay) that snowballs into larger problems. But wouldn't that apply to anyone poor?
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I'm convinced that authority figures (teachers, cops, judges) do treat young African-American males differently on average. But how much science do we have about WHY? Seems to me that racism would be one of about fifteen variables to check.
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In summary, I think everyone agrees that racism exists everywhere that people exist, which means every organization and system. And I think we all agree that anyone starting life at the bottom of the well, for any reason, will have trouble climbing out.
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Persuasion-wise, "systemic racism" as a rallying cry probably makes things worse because it introduces a new thing to disagree about. But if tweaking our systems to add more checks against racism works, I'm all for it.
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SJWs will argue that it's racism because minorities tend to be more poor than whites so they are disproportionately affected. It's a poor argument (pardon the pun,) but I've heard it more than once.
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Yes as a society we should help all poor kids to get a high quality education. Expand opportunities and reduce handouts.
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Yes this is the key misnomer in many arguments.
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