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nifty@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoSo if the “system” is racist, then why are some of the highest ranks in the current U.S. administration staffed by POC?
Comment on what the hap is fuckening
nifty@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoSo if the “system” is racist, then why are some of the highest ranks in the current U.S. administration staffed by POC?
gravityowl@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
So… Your brilliant example of the whole system not being racist is: there are some POC in the current administration
Did I get this right?
I imagine then, following your “logic”, that the Nazi weren’t trying to commit genocide against Jewish people because they had some Jewish soldiers in their ranks, right?
Read my previous comment again, you still need it. And I won’t bother replying to you or your racist/bigoted views again
nifty@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No, I am giving you a pithy example of how people will say there isn’t any systemic racism.
I never said that there aren’t racists, but when you have anti-discrimination policies in place, the public believes that there isn’t “systemic racism”. So then the problem becomes that putting policies into place which favor minorities makes it seem like “only minorities are being favored”. That creates divisions and polarization. That’s separate from the issue that nation state actors will use this polarization to create issues in democracies.
That’s why, the best way forward for leftists is to favor policies which target systemic issues for the poor.