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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
If I say, "Adder, you've caused harm to Ty," how is this not an accusation?
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Because it neither states nor implies wrongdoing on my part unless you assume that all actions that cause harm are culpable, which they are not.
Which, in fact, is a really important distinction to be able to make to be able to think about what "institutional" or "structural" racism is. It's not the sum of a collection of malicious decisions. There doesn't need to be a specific bad actor to get a bad outcome.
