stevil
Godless and without morals
That came about because you posted an article about something that Biden had said and you asked me to address or defend Biden there.I feel like you could clarify a couple of things there....
You've said both that it's not about laying blame and...
"Racism in America is an institutional “white man’s problem visited on people of color,”
It's a generalisation of course, because non whites can also be racist.
But in USA the main racism problem is that which is put onto people of colour and primarily it is caused by white people. Not all white people and not even most white people. But to improve the situation you do need white people to address it. They need to stop assuming a black in a white neighborhood is a criminal upto no good.
I highlighted the inconsistency in your position stated here and your recent posts saying that this isn't about "blaming white people" or that it's not about individual racism even though that is exactly the example that you give.
If you are not blaming white people, why would you see the problem as stemming from them and it's their "responsibility" (which is a moral obligation that in this case, infers a moral accusation) to correct this "problem"?
I wouldn't go out of my way to say the problem is due to white people.
But
USA has a white majority population. Whites typically have the power positions in USA, and many whites are calling police when the see a black person in their neighbourhood, and whites are hiring their white friends or white associates into positions (just to highlight two examples)
This is a gross generalisation of course. Most white people have never called the police to report on a black stranger, most whites aren't in positions of power.
But, as a collective group, I'd say that whites can have the biggest impact in USA on addressing systemic racism. By perhaps re-considering whether that stranger really looks suspicious or not, or reconsidering whether to hire a recommended associate or whether to go to the job market, request CVs and review CVs based on merit instead. Once the top positions in companies are representative of the demographics in society then it won't be so much of a problem. But at the moment, those spots are held predominantly by whites and so if they hire based on personal contacts then "whites" are more likely to get the jobs ("white privilege" anyone????)
It's generalisations, but it bears out in the statistics.
So its not like saying that whites are to blame, and that all whites should feel guilt and must give reparations. It saying that whites can contribute significantly to trying to solve this problem going forward.
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