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Running racism in America thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Scout, May 26, 2020.

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  1. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    No, but our institutions certainly are. They're our force multiplier.

    And let's be honest, everyone is a little racist. It takes an act of real self-awareness to admit it and go to work changing it.
     
    Azrael, Mar 23, 2023
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  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I'm being honest. ... I don't think everyone is a little racist (or a lot).
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 23, 2023
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  3. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    If only that were so.

    The world over, there's race bias of all kinds built into all populations. Big or small, a lot or a little.

    It requires a level of individual self-awareness to identify and challenge them.
     
    Azrael, Mar 23, 2023
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  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    You just shifted from a statement about how everyone (individual people) is a little racist. ... to racism being built into all populations (groups of people).

    Of course, as long as there is even just one person with racist attitudes out there (and those people will always exist), sure, racism is buit into all populations. That doesn't mean that everyone is a little racist.
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 23, 2023
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  5. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Keep it at the level of the individual then.

    Everyone everywhere is at least a little racist.
     
    Azrael, Mar 23, 2023
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  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Not in my experience.

    But I do like looking at people individually. I think it is the closest thing to an antidote to racism as there is, because racist behavior usually stems from broad brush assumptions and beliefs that are used to try to reduce groups of people into a trope.

    When you somehow get someone to approach people as individuals, you make it more difficult for them to think that way. It's like that scene in Do the Right Thing:

     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 23, 2023
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  7. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    All at once?
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Mar 23, 2023
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  8. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Of course. But even in the movie, the state preceding that understanding is bias. Race bias. Black. White. Korean.

    In part because none of us can see what's in someone else's heart or sub- or unconscious mind.

    Racism in America is the default setting. It's background radiation.

    If there was some critical mass of non-racist people in America for example, our institutions might not be so monolithically racist.
     
    Azrael, Mar 23, 2023
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  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    So I know where you are coming from. ... can you give me an example of one of America's racist institutions?
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 23, 2023
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  10. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    government finance politics policing banking education employment medicine

    more?
     
    Azrael, Mar 23, 2023
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  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    You think our government discriminates against people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial group?
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 23, 2023
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  12. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Much of it was created to do so.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Mar 23, 2023
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