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The new orthodoxy requires this quote to be something awful, and upon reading it, that was my immediate thought as well. "He really said that?". But it really

The new orthodoxy requires this quote to be something awful, and upon reading it, that was my immediate thought as well. "He really said that?". But it really isn't. In fact, it continues to be an opinion of a large section of the society. He is only saying that the police are not totally racist, maybe only a bit! Disagree as much as you want, this is an opinion beyond the pale now? And the fact that the culture causes MIT to believe this to be a liability is exactly the point.

romwell 6y ago
>He is only saying that the police are not totally racist, maybe only a bit Let's not be facetious here, shall we? He said that we don't know that racism is a major problem in police forces. In fact, we do know that; the structural racism is what many people are protesting against. Structural racism manifests itself in the rules and protocols, in traditions and patterns in actions. To say that it is a major problem does not imply that the majority of individual policemen are racists. What it means is that the black people are disproportionately affected by the negative effects of policing, including brutality. To say that "we don't know that" is unacceptable ignorance for a public figurehead of a reputable institution. Because we do know that.