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Originally Posted by Gwaihir
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When I teach you how political and social institutions perpetuate inequality I also teach you HOW TO perpetuate inequality.
Likewise, when you teach black kids that they are disadvantaged, and everything is stacked against them....they end up believing that about themselves.
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You know, you're probably right: something like 0.00001% of the reason why minorities are less well off than non-minorities is because they are taught to think they should be disadvantaged.
But do you know what the other 99.9999% is? Systemic disadvantage.