We have heard so much about systemic racism during these days of protesting, rioting, looting, burning and civil disobedience. Now I assume that the definition of systemic racism is that whites are being favored over blacks.
So where is this systemic racism? Can we find it in the NFL? Nope the NFL is undeniably mostly populated by black athletes. Can we find this systemic racism in the NBA? Nope, same can be said about the NBA as the NFL. What about MLB? Well, do black baseball players represent 13% of the league? I don’t know, because I do not watch MLB but my guess is that if they don’t they come very close.
Ah, ha, maybe it is hiding in college athletics. Nope, just the opposite. Most major sports in our colleges and universities are predominately populated by blacks. How many times have we seen a college basketball team consisting of all blacks sans even one white player?
Well, can we find it in academia? Nope, it appears no one is being denied entry into our colleges and universities merely because of their race. In fact, we can find multitudes of examples of minorities being granted entry only because of their race. It is called affirmative action. I do not believe that anyone is being denied a position on a faculty because of their race. To the contrary, entire courses of study seemly have been created to accommodate minorities—namely African-American studies, women’s-studies, Asian-studies, Middle Eastern-studies, etc.
Can we find this systemic racism in the entertainment fields? Well, it appears not. Our movie and television screens and concert venues are filled with minorities. There is an entire genre for blacks called rap. Also, it appears to me that for the last couple of years, there are more black actors appearing in television commercials than white actors.
Maybe, just, maybe it is slithering around in our work places. Now when we realize that blacks make up only 13% of our population, can we really think that this systemic racism is dominating where we work. There was a time in the past when systemic racism was prevalent where I worked. This was prior to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Sometime in the 70s we were given orders at my place of work (which was a Fortune 500 corporation) that when we needed to hire an employee to either fill a new position or to fill a vacancy, we had to hire a black. Now this is not necessary because there are plenty of blacks populating our work places. So hardly anyone physically able to march in a protest today experienced what others did in the 70s and prior years.
Well, maybe this systemic racism can be found in our government. Well, it is probably safe to say that blacks can now be found in every level of government—local, state, and federal. They are well represented in every government level and every government position, both elected, appointed and civil service.
So can someone help me find this systemic racism.
Check out the quote from the actress I posted elsewhere in this thread.
Apparently, it's in our small businesses - whose owners only hire people the same color as them. That's why they need to be looted and burned down. /s
In truth, many small businesses are owned by Asians and Middle Easterners - who do mostly hire people the same color as them. Because they are related.