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>We've seen 400 years of structural anti-black racism here, with no end in sight. The idea that 400 years of structural racism can be proven seems highly doubt
by zarathustreal 6y ago
>We've seen 400 years of structural anti-black racism here, with no end in sight.
The idea that 400 years of structural racism can be proven seems highly doubtful to me. Do you really have 400 years worth of evidence of literal outright racism? How can we hope to inspire change with rhetoric like this? This is the equivalent of simply screaming louder to get a point across. Highly ineffective unless annoying them into submission is your goal.
- oh_sigh 6y agoMany humans operate by parroting things they've heard recently. I'm 90% positive from the phrasing that OP recently saw popovich's video recently and is just repeating the claim.
- dunnevens 6y ago>The idea that 400 years of structural racism can be proven seems highly doubtful to me. We had slavery in America from 1619 until 1865. Jim Crow and segregation for 100 years after that. The Civil Rights Act, and related laws, eliminated much of the legal basis for institutional racism. But as we all know, that didn't eliminate racism. Safe to say, there's plenty of racism left in this country. Especially in institutions like the police. That's 401 years. ETA: That's focusing purely on the black population. If you count what was directed against the native populations, you can go back even further.
- CydeWeys 6y agoGo read an American history book. You seem to somehow be unaware of the existence of slavery and then Jim Crow laws.