SCOTUS rules on Travel Ban

[Belsnickel]

(06-28-2018, 03:54 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I get that we don't have a true equality of opportunity because some people are fortunate to be born to rich people or people with a lot of connections or have both parents or whatever. But, even if we did, I still don't think you're going to see proporationate representation of races in each demographic. And I believe that to be more of the choices of each individual (which is impacted by their local culture and their upbringing and other things as well, to be sure) than with something abstract as "instutionalized racism".

The inequality based on race that would cause the disproportionate representation throughout the strata is a result of institutional racism. Institutional racism is a process in which there is an exertion of structural violence (not physical violence, this term in a sociological stance means something keeping a person or group of people from reaching their full potential) by the institutions in place based on race. If the institutions do not allow for success with these cultural differences then this is not equality of opportunity, as not everyone has the same opportunity. We need to be creating institutions and systems in which people coming from all cultures within the United States have equal potential to succeed. We need to remove the systemic barriers to success that exist to prevent not only people of color, but also people in certain regions of this country like in Appalachia, from reaching their full potential.