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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
The system is not rigged to discriminate against Blacks.
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It absolutely is. It very explicitly was - via federal government policy - in the not too distant past and next to nothing has been done to level the playing field.
Sure, the explicit policy is gone. You think it has no lingering effects?
Oh, and btw, we have zoning that effectively continues those policies too.
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But I can't agree that there is an active "system" at work the primary goal of which is to advantage any group over another.
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What do you think the War and Drugs and mass incarceration are?
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BUT, huge caveat here: The War on Blacks (there's no flippancy intended there; that's factual) and our justice system, which grossly emphasizes broken windows crime over white collar crime, are designed and implemented to jail and marginalize Black people -- even more so, poor Black people (and poor people generally). These are systems that remain indefensible, and only exist to effect racist aims.
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Well okay then. Sounds like an active system to me.
