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I think this is a very wise dissection of the problem. > leads us to treat black kids as morons. This is often described as subtle, but it is anything but if

• zozbot234 5y ago
  > I think this is a very wise dissection of the problem. It is, but this problem is not a good reason to abandon "systemic racism" as a concept. Rather, we should acknowledge that the idea that a focus on education and 'getting the right answer' is "acting white" and inherently incompatible with black culture is itself systemically racist. Even though this toxic meme is now being spread by those who are supposedly trying to be less racist and "get rid of the racism" for us, it is still toxic and ironically one of the clearest example of how systemic racism can have society-wide effects.
  • raxxorrax 5y ago
    > is itself systemically racist. Agreed on that, although I don't like the term itself. I think many people confound the terms systematically and systemically. I know the term systemic from medicine, I don't know if it is a loanword as well. But here it describes conditions affecting the whole organism. I don't like it because some people like to pretend there is such a condition of prejudice within us. Not helpful in my opinion and I detest people that carelessly diagnose it in others. English isn't my native tongue, so I might overthink this.