A Conversation about Systemic Racism
<p> I know we’ve talked about this a few times, but I thought we should actually have the conversation all the way through. This year has seen a significant increase in protests against racism in various forms. So here’s my question for you: do you believe that systemic racism exists in America?</p>
<p> No I don’t believe it exists. There are racists, sure. The KKK, neo-Nazis, etc. But most of America isn’t racist anymore. And “systemic” racism, whatever that is, doesn’t exist.</p>
<p> Well, first of all, let’s define systemic racism so we can be talking about the same thing. According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_racism" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>, it’s “a form of racism that is embedded as normal practice within society or an organization.” Derrick Johnson, the current president of the NAACP, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/15/systemic-racism-what-does-mean/5343549002/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">clarifies it even further</a>: systemic racism is the collection of “systems and structures that have procedures or processes that disadvantage African Americans.”</p>
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