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Originally Posted by EZM
Systematic racism is a form (or a subset) of institutional discrimination.
Sometimes it's race, sometimes it's religion, it's immigrants, or sometimes it's targeting the economically depressed.
The bottom line is, that this exists and there are plenty of examples of this, and there really shouldn't be any arguing about the validity of this.
Your last sentence is a perfect example of institutional discrimination - a group favored (or discriminated) by a policy of an institution. This knife cuts in many ways.
And there's plenty of situations where specifically there is systematic racism too. Plenty of examples on this thread.
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Shouldn't we keep it on topic? Changing the terms, broadening the scope and moving goal posts to and fro doesn't do the topic justice.
Economic disadvantage by itself, belief systems are independent of color.
Saying that there is institutional discrimination might lead one to the wrong conclusions. Affirmative action practices, grants, and deferential treatments is racist. It's insulting to minorities; the lowering of the bar doesn't foster self worth and accomplishes bitter feeling to those not subject to the same leniencies.
But none of it is designed to oppress as it is portrayed. I'd like to hear about the practices that supposedly exist to do this.