it's heartwarming that even in these trying times the troll answer always wins
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ooh NOT SO FAST says the meme answer
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dangit why do twitter clients that don't see polls exist
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but like how does that work, how is it a psych trait and not a psych trait at the same time
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Systems are created, maintained and reinforced by people. Systems also reinforce themselves onto people.
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And just because one's racism is systemically impressed and not psych doesn't make one not racist.
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The issue I think I see lurking under this is about how to respond to racists...victim or villain?
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That's a class question; I don't deal with an ignorant worker and someone in a privileged class the same
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Surely you mean Glorious Member Of The Working Class and Ignorant Member Of The Opressive Privileged..
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we definitely can say an individual is knowingly and willingly upholding a system but it's still bigger than the individual
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I am not a troll. SKZB will vouch for me. But calling individuals racist is one of the ways we bring social sanctions to bear.
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The thing is, racism is both an action and an emotional state.I probably can't change people's feels.Good news: I don't need to.
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What I need to do is change their behaviour. Social sanctions are one piece.
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I haven't missed the fact that improving the economic security of the working class is vital. It is possibly even more vital.
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But in the mean time, I really need to shame the opportunistic wealthy whites. They may just be pragmatically creating division
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But shaming their overt racism is absolutely useful, and I will cheerfully use it.
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It's a threadable needle but requires more careful attention to terms than this question (or most people) uses.
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