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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I don't agree with that characterization. I don't think all systems are set up to favor one group over all others. It's more complicated than that.
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Of course. Name an institution.
Home ownership: Government-lead institutional racist approach to keeping blacks from owning homes, restricting them to certain areas, driving down their home prices and supporting lenders who adopted those policies.
Policing and justice system and penal system: Too obvious to state. War on drugs, removal of right to vote, unfair sentencing, police not policed, DAs not interested in justice,
Segregation: First De jure, now de facto
Education: Born out of segregation, but designing a funding system for public education based on immediate and cleverly-drawn districts, makes sure white retain an advantage indefinitely. I won't preach about how inflated GPAs and advanced courses that are offered to the privileged serve a similar function when it comes to college admissions.
Voting: The whole goal of Republicans, conservatives, anyone on the right is to restrict voting and outright suppress it in dozens and dozens of ways
Employment: Uh, 'nuff said.
Any others? I'd be happy to discuss.
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
But I do agree - voting for something you know will have a racist result is, well, a racist vote. I'd prefer racist-accomplice, but what's the difference, really?
Of all the reasons I could not vote for Trump, his "law n' order" dog whistle was the biggest. I didn't think Hillary'd do shit to help with justice reform either, however, so that issue didn't compel me to change my decision to go with "Option C."
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She surely wouldn't go in the exact opposite direction of where we were headed with Obama. Sessions has done incredible damage (stepping away from
already established settlement agreements with police departments, restarting the war on drugs, fully embracing civil forfeiture, returning to junk-science when it comes to prosecutions (and abandoning science generally when it comes to criminal prosecutions), and jumping back in with both feet to supporting private prisons, among other things). Let's not even talk about the bullshit Trump talks and tweets about the state of crime and what's happening in inner cities.
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
But yes, I think any open-minded voter who votes R has to wrestle with the fact that he's supporting a justice system that's running a War on Blacks (and some other minorities, and poor people). I think most people reconcile it with, "The Democrats won't do much different in re justice reform." And in most regards, historically, that's been true.
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Willful blindness. See above.
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Nobody gives a fuck about justice reform because nobody gives a fuck about victims of the justice system. They've nothing to donate, and no voice.
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When you say, "nobody cares," who the hell are you talking about? White people? Right wing white people? Republicans? The rich? Because there are
millions of people who care about this. Think about how many people are jailed (a lot on non-violent drug charges) and then think about how many family members and friends they have. Think about the number of people who fear the justice system screwing them over on a bullshit arrest. What are you talking about?
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