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Originally Posted by bayarea328xit
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Originally Posted by RedScytheM3
You cannot simultaneously call systemic racism a lie and acknowledge the existence of racism.
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First, to you and Sedan_Clan, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this issue. It is valuable to get as many different perspectives on the issue as possible so that we don't get boxed into thinking about the ideas from a given perspective.
1. Is there any reason to distinguish between systemic racism and racism?
2. If yes, then how do we define each to highlight the distinction? |
My point to sedan is there is no distinction. You can't have one without the other. You can't have a sweet cake without any sugar. You can't have systemic racism with out racism.
There is systemic/institutional racism such as:
-Redlining
-Racial discrimination in the USDA (see Pigford v. Glickman for discrimination against ack farmers)
Just to name a couple.
And this is caused by the practices of individual racism within institutions. Then there's overt individual racism that's expressed person to person. Systemic racism is more insidious, harder to prove, and is easily accomplished with deniability.
If you are genuinely asking question #2 out of curiosity, I recommend simply looking it up.