Re:Reflections on the color of my skin
by lookupthere on Monday June 08, 2020 @06:59AM
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I think the point is that you are defining systemic racism wrongly if it excludes the drug war.
I always thought systemic racism means the policies that lead up to this. I never interpreted it to mean that if we look at the data for a particular institution, we will discover evidence that individuals within that institution are conspiring against black people.
Like, the drug war and mass incarceration ARE the systemic racism...
I always thought systemic racism means the policies that lead up to this. I never interpreted it to mean that if we look at the data for a particular institution, we will discover evidence that individuals within that institution are conspiring against black people.
Like, the drug war and mass incarceration ARE the systemic racism...