tags: institutionalized racism
2007
October
- 2007 Oct 5
- obviousman strikes again
Truism #31415: No one likes being called an asshole. Especially when they deserve it.
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2009
February
- 2009 Feb 27
- racism and the veil cast by defensiveness
So, apparently the mayor of Los Alamitos wasn't aware of the racial stereotype of black people supposedly liking watermelon, and found nothing offensive about e-mailing a photoshopped pic of the White House lawn with watermelons on it instead of Easter eggs. This, naturally, became a thread on Friendfeed, and eventually, it turned into a discussion of what racism is exactly.
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2016
January
- 2016 Jan 19
- The Perpetuation of White Supremacy
Despite the well-documented existence of systemic/institutionalized racism that exists as a superset of overt racism, many naive antagonists still retort with "anyone can be racist regardless of skin color" as a way to deflect criticism of inherently racist structures.
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February
- 2016 Feb 25
- The Problem with Classical Liberalism and Classical Marxism
I already know Sanderistas will argue about whether or not Clinton is sincere about talking about white privilege and institutionalized racism, but I am certain that Sanders trying to fix the problems caused by racism indirectly by only trying to fix the problems caused by income inequality is going to fail hard and may even backfire horribly.1
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