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Re:America is giving up on the pandemic? by screenbeard on Sunday June 07, 2020 @10:24PM (#23452990)
Something doesn't have to be encoded in law to be structural. If a cop racially profiles a black man and harasses him and his boss doesn't discipline him, that's structural. The structure has failed to provide the right outcome.
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Re:America is giving up on the pandemic? by missedthecue on Sunday June 07, 2020 @11:29PM (#23453337)
Those are examples of individual racism. You cannot make a law that erases individual racism. You can make one that erases structural. If a department of cops are individually racist and therefore have the effect of profiling people regularly, there is simply no law that can prevent that.
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Re:America is giving up on the pandemic? by mythrwy on Sunday June 07, 2020 @10:43PM (#23453102)
I don't agree. "Structural" indicates a structure or framework (in this case the legal system) independent of individual actors.

A cop and his boss acting badly may be systemic. It isn't structural.

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Re:America is giving up on the pandemic? by CathedralBorrow on Monday June 08, 2020 @09:46AM (#23456422)
Would you be content with replacing "structural racism" with "systemic racism" in that case?
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