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Something doesn't have to be encoded in law to be structural. If a cop racially profiles a black man and harasses him and his boss doesn't discipline him, that'
by screenbeard 6y ago
Something doesn't have to be encoded in law to be structural. If a cop racially profiles a black man and harasses him and his boss doesn't discipline him, that's structural. The structure has failed to provide the right outcome.
- mythrwy 6y agoI don't agree. "Structural" indicates a structure or framework (in this case the legal system) independent of individual actors. A cop and his boss acting badly may be systemic. It isn't structural.
- CathedralBorrow 6y agoWould you be content with replacing "structural racism" with "systemic racism" in that case?
- missedthecue 6y agoThose are examples of individual racism. You cannot make a law that erases individual racism. You can make one that erases structural. If a department of cops are individually racist and therefore have the effect of profiling people regularly, there is simply no law that can prevent that.