Re:“Let her speak please”
by wccrawford on Thursday June 08, 2017 @11:22AM
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I'm not denying that society is tilted in my favor. That's been clear to me since I was young and had minority scholarships explained to me.
I'm not talking about that, though. I'm saying that she literally says, "All white people are racist." And she means it.
She also literally says that there's no such thing as racism towards white people because it's not racism if that society isn't tilted in their favor.
Yes, I know what "institutional racism" is. I also know what plain old "racism" is. It probably doesn't affect me nearly as much as it does any random minority, but that doesn't mean it isn't racism.
And any racism contributes to racism in general. You can't treat someone like shit and then expect them to treat you better. It's foolish.
The last thing I want to say is that something can be racist even if there is no intent to be racist. The outcome is what matters. There are millions of perfectly nice people who don't intentionally do racist things that still end up contributing to racism because of subconscious bias that have been instilled in them by our society.
Just an example - http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/minorities-who-whiten-job-resumes-...
I doubt these companies are intentionally expressing bias towards minorities, but the outcome is a hiring process that requires them to 'mask' their identity, a burden that white people don't have to bear. And if you don't have to bear a burden carried by a large percentage of people unlike yourself, that's a privilege...