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everything you quoted is... objectively true

• romwell 6y ago
  No, it is not. Unless by "we" you take to mean the chaplain in question - in which case, it is unacceptable ignorance. Let me reiterate. 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 it implies that MIT doesn't know that. But MIT does. We do. You, perhaps, don't, and it does not look good, but this is a chance for you to learn.