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> The USA isn't racist per se - it's just that race is a major factor in everything. Doesn't that make it racist per se? I mean if the only way you're going to
by squiggleblaz 7y ago
> The USA isn't racist per se - it's just that race is a major factor in everything.
Doesn't that make it racist per se? I mean if the only way you're going to hear your accent and see faces like yours on tv is to listen to separately maintained tv channels, then you have apartheid, defacto or otherwise. If you have congressional divisions deliberately drawn to ensure that a person of a certain race has a viable chance of getting elected, you have a dejure apartheid. The moment you have "separate but equal", you have racism. If Americans were interested in fair equal representation for all American citizens, they could do it. But they refuse. Because racism is a big factor in everything.
- marcus_holmes 7y agoI find it fascinating talking to Americans about this. I tend to agree with you, that this is racist, but apparently it's only racist if it affects the people concerned negatively. I have liberal friends who would be horrified at the thought that they were being racist. But they do factor race into decisions, usually trying to be positive about it. I don't understand it. I'm fascinated by it.
- specialist 7y agoI'm also trying to understand racism in the USA. I'm very liberal and have been very involved with policy, politics, campaigns. The people I know and respect working on facets of racism refer to our current "racism without racists" as "systemic racism". Sorry, but other than inequity and bias, I have barely have a finger nail grasp of what that even means. But I am working on it.
- marcus_holmes 7y agowell, if you work it out, please write it up. I'd love to read an explanation that made sense ;)