Steve QJ
Sep 8, 2024

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I see that you've defined Systemic Racism like this in your article:

"Systemic Racism: governmental or institutional policies that exclusively disenfranchise BIPOC Americans in favor of White folks"

Can you think of any policies that exist today that this describes? Obviously this existed in the past. But I'm struggling to see how this isn't a battle that's already been won.

There is, of course, the challenge of correcting for the result of those policies on some people of colour (and, yes, some white Americans too). Attempts, like AA and DEI have been mixed at best, sadly. Some think reparations are the answer. That's a long, difficult conversation. But I'm not convinced that a racial lens is any use in that correction.

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Steve QJ
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