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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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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this is the hot tamale here. IQ explains outcome differences.
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If different outcomes are proof of systemic racism , then this is proof we have systemic racism against whites in America.
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Lebron has more money than me. Only difference between us is the skin color, right? Must indicate systemic racism in the NBA.
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If that's sytematic racism, then the NBA and the NFL must be the most racist organization in the US?
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. The point is that we absolutely need to provide equality of opportunities, but if someone chooses NOT to do the hard work, stay out of trouble, etc- the fault lies solely with the person making the choices.
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