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One thing I notice when I scroll through my timeline is people's inability to see how American systems are built on racism and white supremacy ideologies.
I've created a short list to get some people thinking.
Examples of Systemic Racism:
A thread...
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I've created a short list to get some people thinking.
Examples of Systemic Racism:
A thread...
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Yes, I'm starting this here... because it always starts here...
2/x https://www.thenation.com/article/society/slavery-american-genocide-racism/
2/x https://www.thenation.com/article/society/slavery-american-genocide-racism/
"Slavery, and its rendering black people as fractions (literally 3/5 a person), ended, but the Electoral College lingers"
3/x https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-racial-history-of-the-electoral-college-and-why-efforts-to-change-it-have-stalled
3/x https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-racial-history-of-the-electoral-college-and-why-efforts-to-change-it-have-stalled
The "War on Drugs" (period) which has also allowed many other racist practices such as "stop and frisk" to continue
Black people are disproportionately targeted for arrest for posession and the sale of drugs
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https://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/52/2/Articles/52-2_Kennedy.pdf
Black people are disproportionately targeted for arrest for posession and the sale of drugs
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https://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/52/2/Articles/52-2_Kennedy.pdf
"Stand Your Ground"
"We all know that stand your ground is not colorblind. [...] We all know that based on the color of my skin I present a certain threat."
5/x https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/03/opinions/stand-your-ground-law-racial-violence-opinion-love/index.html
"We all know that stand your ground is not colorblind. [...] We all know that based on the color of my skin I present a certain threat."
5/x https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/03/opinions/stand-your-ground-law-racial-violence-opinion-love/index.html
Employer Tied Healthcare & Hospital/Clinic Locations
Black & Latinx ppl make up 48% of all Americans who fall into the coverage gap created by the states refusing to expand Medicaid. These rates hinder progress toward reducing inequities in outcomes
6/x https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2018/5/24/17389742/american-health-care-racism
Black & Latinx ppl make up 48% of all Americans who fall into the coverage gap created by the states refusing to expand Medicaid. These rates hinder progress toward reducing inequities in outcomes
6/x https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2018/5/24/17389742/american-health-care-racism
Redlining - also known as a state supported practice of refusing to issue mortgages or loans, mostly to people of color, in primarily urban areas
7/x https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america
7/x https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america
Also, Predatory Loans
"Blacks were herded into the sights of unscrupulous lenders who took them for money and for sport."
8/x https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/
"Blacks were herded into the sights of unscrupulous lenders who took them for money and for sport."
8/x https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/
Which has thus led to the persisting Wealth Gap between Black people and white people
"The Black-white wealth gap reflects a society that has not and does not afford equality of opportunity to all its citizens"
9/x https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/02/27/examining-the-black-white-wealth-gap/
"The Black-white wealth gap reflects a society that has not and does not afford equality of opportunity to all its citizens"
9/x https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/02/27/examining-the-black-white-wealth-gap/
Education is the answer!!
Using property taxes to determine educational funding...
Property values vary a lot from neighborhood to neighborhood, district to district. And with them, tax revenues.
10/x https://www.npr.org/2016/04/18/474256366/why-americas-schools-have-a-money-problem
Using property taxes to determine educational funding...
Property values vary a lot from neighborhood to neighborhood, district to district. And with them, tax revenues.
10/x https://www.npr.org/2016/04/18/474256366/why-americas-schools-have-a-money-problem
Getting a degree will solve the problem... oh wait...
"Since the beginning of standardized testing, students of color, particularly those from low-income families, have suffered the most from high-stakes testing in U.S. public schools"
11/x http://www.nea.org/home/73288.htm
"Since the beginning of standardized testing, students of color, particularly those from low-income families, have suffered the most from high-stakes testing in U.S. public schools"
11/x http://www.nea.org/home/73288.htm
Black and Hispanic students are also much less likely to graduate
...which I can easily write another thread on
12/x https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education-postsecondary/reports/2018/05/23/451186/neglected-college-race-gap-racial-disparities-among-college-completers/
...which I can easily write another thread on
12/x https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education-postsecondary/reports/2018/05/23/451186/neglected-college-race-gap-racial-disparities-among-college-completers/
Additionally, problems still persist in representation of Black Faculty in higher education as well...
13/x https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2019/07/23/why-are-there-so-few-professors-of-color/#2b310b133e2e
13/x https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2019/07/23/why-are-there-so-few-professors-of-color/#2b310b133e2e
Well, if there can't be adequate representation, lets vote to change our policies & practices...
Article shows Black and Hispanic citizens are more likely to face barriers at the polls &fear the future erosion of their basic political right
14/x https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/poll-prri-voter-suppression/565355/
Article shows Black and Hispanic citizens are more likely to face barriers at the polls &fear the future erosion of their basic political right
14/x https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/poll-prri-voter-suppression/565355/
Systemic practices = material structures informed by symbolic systems (white supremacy) - these two govern how we act, think & what we believe
Systematic practices not only shape policies that have material effects, but those material structures shape symbolic systems too
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Systematic practices not only shape policies that have material effects, but those material structures shape symbolic systems too
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This is in no way an all inclusive list... Just something that has been on my mind. I would encourage you to read, retweet and share other examples you think about, understand and experience
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