06-28-2018, 09:56 AM
(06-28-2018, 09:55 AM)Beaker Wrote: Single acts by racist individuals are exactly why it still exists, and can definitely speak to the prevalence. And we still see racial discrimination of all types, not just discrimination against blacks by whites. Addressing those individual acts is a real good place to start if you want to begin to affect change.
It's easier to address racist policies than it is to change an individual's behavior.
Edit to add: And no, single acts by individuals definitely cannot account for the prevalence.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
