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Systemic rulecism explained well
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What view are they trying to counter here? I understand all the words of the post and I agree with the logic but I don't see in what situation this argument is useful. Perhaps I'm lucky not to have been exposed to the people for whom it would be useful...
Edit: I saw some very clear answers to my questions after scrolling down a bit. I think I just didn't understand what the term "systemic" meant here.
There are people who believe that any kind of fix to counter discrimination is unnecessary, because "well I'm not racist, and I certainly haven't discriminated in X way, so nothing needs to change". They are either unaware or ignoring the reality that the effects of past discrimination don't go away just because the people that did it are gone.
Thank you. I never thought of it that way even though I'm quite passionate about the topic. Passionate but not well informed it seems...
"wow you are trying to punish x people for wrongdoings of their parents/grandparents" is the argument it's trying to counter.