Systemic Racism
The problem of systemic racism is much bigger than mere reparations can solve. I am not opposing reparations mark you, but the only thing that can actually make any difference is an everyday, ordinary and yet incorruptible regard for human life in every single person regardless of their color - Abhijit Naskar
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'Not Racist' Is Not Enough: Putting In The Work To Be Anti-Racist
When the topic of racism comes up, I often think of a billboard in the small town of Harrison, Arkansas.
It was a sign promoting a white supremacist radio station called White Pride Radio. The sign's message, emblazoned next to the picture of a cute-looking white girl with a cute-looking dog, read "It's not racist to [heart] your people."
My takeaway: Even white supremacists don't want to be called racist.
Which might explain why, for people dedicated to fighting racism, simply saying you're "not racist" doesn't feel like quite enough. To effectively defeat systemic racism — racism embedded as normal practice in institutions like education and law enforcement — you've…
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Systemic racism continues to prevail in U.S. Olympics
The Olympics’ drug policy is effectively a continuation of the war on drugs, according to the Washington Post. This war is an inherently racist set of public policies introduced by Richard Nixon and continued by subsequent administrations.
Vaccine Hesitancy or Systemic Racism?
Minority communities and developing-country populations may approach health services cautiously – and with good reason, given the medical profession's history of inhumanity. But, by blaming low COVID-19 vaccination rates on vaccine hesitancy, the profession is effectively using this history to victimize the same communities again.
What Is Systemic Racism?
"What Is Systemic Racism?" is an 8-part video series that shows how racism shows up in our lives across institutions and society: Wealth Gap, Employment, Housing Discrimination, Government Surveillance, Incarceration, Drug Arrests, Immigration Arrests, Infant Mortality… yes, systemic racism is really a thing.
America's Long Overdue Awakening to Systemic Racism
Awakening can be painful. But in America, a reckoning is overdue.
Color of Change: Tackling Systemic Racism One Strategy at a Time
Corporate accountability has been a big part of the group’s mission, and it has demanded racial justice policies from leading technology companies.
Defunding Police Isn't Enough. There's Systemic Racism in Healthcare Too
Redistributing wealth from police to healthcare providers will only work if we address the systemic racism that's harming racialized people in other systems,
Explainer: what is systemic racism and institutional racism?
“Systemic racism”, or “institutional racism”, refers to how ideas of white superiority are captured in everyday thinking at a systems level: taking in the big picture of how society operates, rather than looking at one-on-one interactions. These systems can include laws and regulations, but also unquestioned social systems. Systemic racism can stem from education, hiring practices or access.
No 10's race report widely condemned as 'divisive'
A landmark report on racial disparity has been widely condemned by MPs, unions, and equality campaigners as “divisive” and a missed opportunity for systematic change.
Tackling systemic racism requires the system of science to change
Ending systemic racism will therefore require those in the system, including Nature, to collectively acknowledge and study these facts, and to ask: how and why did this happen? We need to thoroughly understand the root causes, even as we seek energetically to remedy the ongoing damage.
The Debate Over Systemic Racism: Why It Divides and Why It Provides Hope
The killing of George Floyd brings a discussion of whether, and how deeply, racism is ingrained in our nation
The Difference Between First-Degree Racism and Third-Degree Racism
Only when people align on what racist behavior looks like will we be able to take practical steps to make those behaviors costly.
The Many Ways Institutional Racism Kills Black People
In truth, black people are sicker and die earlier than their white counterparts because they are more likely to encounter those things that we know compromise health–like inaccessible or biased health care providers, inadequate schools and education systems, unemployment, hazardous jobs, unsafe housing, and violent, polluted communities.
The systemic racism black Americans face, explained in 9 charts
The current protests — and the anger that fuels them — did not spring up out of nowhere. They are a cry of pain from a raw nerve that has always afflicted the United States, one that was all too often ignored.
The UK is free of institutional racism, a government race report claims. It’s wrong
The UK is “a model for other white-majority countries.” That’s according to the UK’s Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which published its delayed report on March 31, concluding additionally—to immediate anger and derision—that the UK experiences no institutional racism.
What Systemic Racism Means And The Way It Harms Communities
Individual or interpersonal racism is pretty easy to explain. It's name-calling. It's the white kid on the bus who doesn't want to sit next to the Black kid. It happens with adults, too. Systemic racism, though, is bigger, and it's more complicated, and there's more skepticism about whether it really exists.
'Not Racist' Is Not Enough: Putting In The Work To Be Anti-Racist
To effectively defeat systemic racism — racism embedded as normal practice in institutions like education and law enforcement — you've got to be continually working towards equality for all races, striving to undo racism in your mind, your personal environment and the wider world.
7 Ways We Know Systemic Racism Is Real
Let’s be clear: systemic racism is a corrosive and widespread problem in our society, and we all need to do a better job of confronting it—in our towns, in our neighborhoods, and in ourselves.
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