No, there are many laws that protect the so called "protected classes" . They get to go to the front of the line for government benefits, employment, education and many more things that others are not eligible for. If an elderly white person ever went to apply for fuel assistance or property tax relief they would be met with a blank stare and a bunch of excuses.
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I’m still waiting to see a scholarship for Whites only.
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I would describe racial issues in the US as "residual historical institutional racism".
That is, we don't have the overtly racist institutions we once had, like segregation, redlining, consolidation, etc.
What we do have is the "residue" from these institutions.
Cycle of poverty keeping people localized by their own segregated regions.
Economic hardship resulting in higher drug use and violence in these regions, creating children raised in unstable households who view abuse as the norm.
Because of higher crime rates in the areas, increased policing, and officers getting a little paranoid in those locations.
Because of increased policing, increased police interactions, including bad interactions.
For everyone outside this region, they know to avoid this area, keeping the populations segregated.
From the outside, you hear all the news stories and think "why can't they just live normal like us?"
The ethnic separation means attributing these behaviors to the ethnic group. "I mean I don't think it's because you're black. But most black people I've met act like people from this area."
Similarly, those who try to leave the region or behave like those outside, earn the nickname "Oreo" which I've heard on several occasions. ("Only black on the outside. White on the inside."
Rinse and repeat. The stuff that happened in the mid 20th century leaves a long wake. I hate when people try to oversimplify it.What I see are people who don't want to try as hard making excuses for them not getting much out of life... and this is true of many loser types of all races. You also have people who were raised by losers & programmed to think they're also losers who get a bad start in life.
Successful people don't dwell on looking for excuses. Just like the people who win an Olympic race didn't spend 10 years planning to lose. Nah, they just focused on making their dreams come true.
But let's say you lived in some super backwards town full of racist azzholes who are actively trying to harm you or hold you back. You'd be a fool not to deal with them OR to leave town. Not doing that makes you a fool. Just as much of a fool as someone who stays in the path of a volcano when they could've walked to a safer place.
Yes, but not intentionally most of the time. Against all races that aren't white.
For example, white literature is taught in public schools, but literature from other races are not. 86% of CEOs in America are white, even though only about 60% of the US population is white. Minorities also disproportionately make up a larger percentage of American inmates. Same applies to poverty. Minorities are also statistically more likely to be victims of hate crimes, police brutality, and "random" security checks.
I don't think most people are racist, nor do I think most of these policies were intentionally created for the purpose of putting minorities at a disadvantage. But they do.It used to be. I do hope the knowledge that slavery was racist isn't offensive to any of the easily offended white supremacists here. Nor, I hope, the knowledge that redlining was racist. Nor any and all opposition to the civil rights movement.
I could spend all day listing bits of our history that were systemic by definition and racist by design, but what I said was "it used to be." No one wants to redo the civil war. No one wants to keep black communities poor. No one wants to reverse civil rights. Right? Everyone "in the system" is 100% opposed to these things and will instantly 100% ostracize any outlier that tries to cling to them.
Right?The Abortionist like Singer are. The Left is and the Blacks are the backs upon which we will ride (Stalin)…
Yes. Objectively so. Also, its racist against a bunch of different people. An example is the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act which is in the books and is part of USA's current issue of police misconduct and racial profiling against people of color.
I this this take 80 different ways. It isn't just that racism is systemic. . that is too vague a question. To make things simpler, I just took one.
"White" privilege.
Understanding "White" Privilege: What is so Hard to Understand?
Nah, the Claim of "Systemic racism" is just race hustlers coming up with a way to "keep racism alive and well" since overt racism isn't much of a thing anymore..
there's no such thing as systemic racism.
there's only individual racism. racism has and always came from the individual.
It's not. America's problem is really the 1%ers controlling everything and telling us America is institutionally racist.
Yes, there are current rules that systemically discriminate against Whites and Asians. In 2023 the Supreme court is supposed to rule on Affirmative Action so some it it may come to an end finally.
No, nobody. We are as un-racist as you can get.
Yes it is racist but racism isn’t why you didn’t get that high paying job
racism isn’t why people who work harder than you have more than you
America discriminates against white males by law, so it is indeed structurally racist and sexist.
Against anyone who isn’t part of their system be it black, white etc..
That won't matter because you’re not with them.
I don't know, I think it largely depends on how you define racism
All around some parts of the Southern USA segregation still exists against people of color. To this day its still an ongoing issue.
Not that I am aware of, being able to have a black president dismissed most of those thoughts from my head.
I'm personally just racist and would like others to either admit it as well or shut the fuck up about it! Every continent, every country.
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