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Originally Posted by loramin
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I mean, maybe the people you hang out with. But most people ... the kind that can use the English language properly ... use "systemic" to mean "it's built-into the system". And yes: racism is built-in to our American system, if you live in reality and not in fantasy-land. Here's how you can tell the difference between the two: evidence.
I can show you evidence that cops (as a group) treat minorities differently. I can show you evidence that schools treat minorities differently. I can show you evidence that financial institutions treat minorities differently. In other words, there is a whole lot of evidence that minorities have systemic problems in our society.
... whereas anyone who wants to live in fantasy land, and pretend that everyone in America is treated equally ... has no evidence to back that position up.
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Yes. It's built-in to-the-system by tropes that are perpetuated by trumpeting "how much shittier your life would be if you were black"
It says, "oh...you were poor? Could you imagine how much shittier your life would be if you were poor AND black?!"
You ever consider that they treat them differently because they act differently? I grew up in a shitty gang infested neighborhood with a majority of minorities.
Pretty big difference between the general vibe of hanging out in my neighborhood, and going across the train tracks to the "white" neighborhoods. The white neighborhoods were alot more "square" and the criminally minded violents were a lot less prevalent, almost non-existent on the "white" side of town