Edit: I had a comment ask for evidence based examples but deleted the comment before I had the chance to answer,. So, here is come examples. Note, some of these examples are before 2000, but I find that they still apply.
There are plenty more examples. Google Scholar and JSTOR are some great examples as to where to find some journals about it. JSTOR offers up to 6 free articles a month, I find it very useful for research at university.
Remember, being ignorant is a choice.
Edit 2: The wonderful u/theresamouseinmyhous shared this link about more history of institutional racism. There are 14 parts with the podcasts lasting roughly 45 minutes to an hour. Thanks for the suggestion!
It is, but all the downvotes are there because it was a de rigueur "but institutionalized racism" response to a comment saying "maybe a black person calling for the elimination of all white people is racism".
yep. people get mad about topics being discussed in specific, scholarly contexts that also arise in day to day life all the time. it's one of the more common causes of inane internet arguments.
white people are the primary beneficiaries of institutional racism in the english speaking world. doesn't mean that a person saying some racist shit isn't still them saying racist shit. just means it's not the same thing we were talking about a second ago.
though i'd also propose that uh, precisely zero white people were harmed as a result of this tweet, and the fact that people get so rowdy about gotchas like this and that we are talking about it at all is indicative of prevalent anti-intellectual and uh, pro-white attitudes.
Not sure if I get the last part of your comment right. Of course a specific tweet rarely hurts anyone.
But that's the truth as well for a tweet saying "All blacks are criminals". That doesn't mean that the tweet can't perpetuate a harmful stereotype. Saying that indeed not All black people are criminals also doesn't mean that someone is a pro black racist.
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u/skullsquid1999 Dec 11 '19 edited Dec 11 '19
Institutionalized racism is very, very real.
Edit: I had a comment ask for evidence based examples but deleted the comment before I had the chance to answer,. So, here is come examples. Note, some of these examples are before 2000, but I find that they still apply.
Political Inequality
Employment Inequality
Effect on black health.
Effect on black education.
There are plenty more examples. Google Scholar and JSTOR are some great examples as to where to find some journals about it. JSTOR offers up to 6 free articles a month, I find it very useful for research at university.
Remember, being ignorant is a choice.
Edit 2: The wonderful u/theresamouseinmyhous shared this link about more history of institutional racism. There are 14 parts with the podcasts lasting roughly 45 minutes to an hour. Thanks for the suggestion!