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> Discriminating against the NBA is going end up being pretty racially focused. To address your example, let's pretend that the NBA announces they no longer re
by bravoetch 6y ago
> Discriminating against the NBA is going end up being pretty racially focused.
To address your example, let's pretend that the NBA announces they no longer recycle. Then my business that sells cardboard boxes to the NBA announces in response that we will no longer sell boxes to the NBA. If you think that has anything to do with racism - I'm open to hearing it.
- bricklebush 6y agoI think a trouble is that, in this day and age it seems that the outcome is what determines racism, sexism, ageism, etc. We're obsessed with the statistics. If someone examined your company and found that you now only sold boxes to sports teams that are predominantly white - that would look quite racist would it not? I don't think the details or your intentions would matter much.
- mrkurt 6y ago"In this day and age" we can distinguish between someone being racist and systemic racism.
- bravoetch 6y agoI don't think anyone would think that, because my policy is only to sell to teams that recycle. The details and intentions do matter. At a stretch, I can imagine a scenario where recycling companies were for some reason not giving people of color fair access, and that as a result they were being hurt down the chain by my business not supporting them now. Those are the kinds of systems we need to work to identify and change and they do exist.