Posted on 08/26/2020 9:28:17 AM PDT by rktman
Institutional racism and systemic racism are terms bandied about these days without much clarity. Being 84 years of age, I have seen and lived through what might be called institutional racism or systemic racism. Both operate under the assumption that one race is superior to another. It involves the practice of treating a person or group of people differently based on their race. Negroes, as we proudly called ourselves back then, were denied entry to hotels, restaurants and other establishments all over the nation, including the north. Certain jobs were entirely off-limits to Negroes. What school a child attended was determined by his race. In motion pictures, Negroes were portrayed as being unintelligent, such as the roles played by Stepin Fetchit and Mantan Moreland in the Charlie Chan movies. Fortunately, those aspects of racism are a part of our history. By the way, Fetchit, whose real name was Lincoln Perry, was the first black actor to become a millionaire, and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and, in 1976, the Hollywood chapter of the NAACP awarded Perry a Special NAACP Image Award.
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Excellent piece!
Straight to the point.
The races would make our better if the governent were to let them grow to trust each other voluntarily rather than continually push racial issues into people’s faces. Before government began to do this, employers found that it was in their own interest to hire blacks — because they had to be talented to overcome obstacles. Sure, racists were still around, but they were a dying breed. Now, employers are forced to hire less competent blacks, knowing, but being afraid to admit, that they are hiring an entitled person who is prone to sue.
As long as the “white/”black/african American/POC/red/yellow/brown” crap is used, the divide will continue. Special treatment is NOT equal treatment. We have NON assholes and assholes. Simple.
Jobs or mobs. Your choice 11/3/2020
Destroying America’s Meritocracy has been the first order of the Marxists. Once you replace them with Shills, you have a culture that will accept any Marxist ploy.
Homothingy CNN’s Don Lemon used the word “riot” to describe “peaceful protests.”
Yikes.
Lemon’s committed a grave p/c offense........he’s downright encouraging systematic racism.
An offense that grievous should not be overlooked by CNN (ahem) newsmakers.
And I believe he was married to a white women.......Travesty in those days.
bump!
Could “systemic institutional racism” be in reality 50+ years of keeping mostly minority citizens mired in poverty, gangs, drugs, violence, high unemployment, despair and the worst offence of all (IMHO): union run failed schools that perpetuate (by design???) the above miseries!!! #BlueCityBlues
After 50+ years of same old same old auto-voting 90+% for Democrats... maybe if they want “change”, they gotta vote for change?! #RacismThyNameIsDemocrat
I would sign up for this prof’s Econ class. He seems logical and methodical.
systo-matic
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