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That's a fair point. I agree that there could be systemic racism, which is exactly what it is in this case. When most people say "racist" they don't mean "bias"
by amf12 4y ago
That's a fair point. I agree that there could be systemic racism, which is exactly what it is in this case. When most people say "racist" they don't mean "bias" or "systemic racism", but the overt kind.
I think there should be a difference in the perception of the two kinds, even though we should improve in both cases.
I'll also add that when people responsible don't take any steps to correct systemic racism, it should be considered the overt kind.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> when people responsible don't take any steps to correct systemic racism, it should be considered the overt kind The problem with the state of our debate is people smeared a word used for overt, intentional racism across all manner of unintentional behaviour. That not only reasonably infuriated folks. It also gave cover for the original kind of racism to duck under. (A similar thing has happened to the term violence.)