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Racism absolutely is a structural thing. This can include things such as redlining in the US or more on topic, Japanese banks refusing to work with foreigners a
by fzeroracer 7y ago
Racism absolutely is a structural thing. This can include things such as redlining in the US or more on topic, Japanese banks refusing to work with foreigners and the treatment of the Ainu in Japan.
There's a very important distinction to make between those that write the laws and those that don't.
- mytailorisrich 7y agoThese are examples of the consequences of racism. But racism does not start there.
- fzeroracer 7y agoI don't think the discussion was about the origins of racism, was it? Racism builds systems of governing and laws that can be racist. Ergo, you see structural racism (again, redlining) which can exist long after the racial zeitgeist has passed.
- whytaka 7y agoBut you have applied a predicate (ie. 'structural') to specify a kind of racism, implying the general form of racism, which is, simply put, any discrimination on the basis of race.
- fzeroracer 7y agoYes, and? This was specifically in response to the denial that racism is not a structural thing, which we have objective historical examples of structural racism affecting different populations.
- whytaka 7y agoOk, well, it seems we are in agreement.