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As I said in my other comment, maybe focus on the overt racism. I'm getting sick of seeing people nitpick at pointless garbage like perceived or circumstantial

As I said in my other comment, maybe focus on the overt racism. I'm getting sick of seeing people nitpick at pointless garbage like perceived or circumstantial racism (something akin to 'these people must be pearl-clutching racists because they get upset that the stranger at their door is not light-skinned'). It seriously degrades actual claims of racism. And I didn't bring race into this, the parent comment to my own did.

klyrs 7y ago
It's a symptom. And it's not like black folks don't get shot for knocking on doors [0, 1, 2]. So when major corporations advertise, preying on fears and taking advantage of societal preconceptions, they're reinforcing and legitimizing the bias that gets people killed. Racism is a spectrum, from explicit to implicit. Yes we need to be louder about the disproportionate extrajudicial killings of black people by police, their targeted disenfranchisement, etc [3]. But none of these emergencies invalidates criticism of the milder, more pervasive forms of racism. [0] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/31/georgia-teen-omarian-banks-killed-wrong-door/3326204002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/31/georgi... [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Renisha_McBride https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Renisha_McBride [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/11/teen-missed-school-bus-when-he-knocked-door-directions-man-shot-him https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/11/teen-missed... [3] https://www.vox.com/2019/6/7/18656568/usa-human-rights-report-police-shooting-voter-suppression https://www.vox.com/2019/6/7/18656568/usa-human-rights-repor...