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The distinction is just wording: > If we find that much of the overrepresentation of blacks in the criminal justice system is because black people are often po
by qznc 6y ago
The distinction is just wording:
> If we find that much of the overrepresentation of blacks in the criminal justice system is because black people are often poor and poor people often get sucked into the system, should we describe this as “the problem isn’t racism in the criminal justice system, it’s poverty” or as “the problem is racism in the criminal justice system, as manifested through poverty”?
– Scott Alexander https://web.archive.org/web/20200523051001/https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/03/framing-for-light-instead-of-heat/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200523051001/https://slatestar...
- saabaa 6y agoNo, he's just playing word games. That doesn't mean the argument is one of semantics. If the problem is too much poverty, then the solution is to reduce poverty. If the problem is too much racism, then the solution is to reduce racism. The greedy rich people's corporate media pushes the racism narrative to keep the focus away from the primary problem because fixing poverty might cost them something. All the well meaning people pushing the racism narrative are doing their work. Pawns in the game.