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> Pretending that we don't see race and yet operating in a world deeply defined by it will do precisely nothing to address structural racism. What do you see
by rpdillon 6y ago
> Pretending that we don't see race and yet operating in a world deeply defined by it will do precisely nothing to address structural racism.
What do you see as the steady state? Are the systems we're building now to be explicitly race-aware, like hiring quotas by race, the steady state we want to shoot for? Or do you see these practices as a stepping stone to some farther goal?
- danans 6y ago> do you see these practices as a stepping stone to some farther goal? They are absolutely a stepping stone toward a society where opportunity is not heavily skewed against historically underprivileged racial groups - something like Dr. Kings dream. But it's false to claim that we would be there today if we just pretended to not see race, and to claim that we have addressed either past or current structural racism.