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Lokarin posted...

Fair enough, I'm not, like, a cunning linguist or anything...

I was trying to match the real-world scenario of a bank denying a loan to a black family not being racist because they're following the zoning guidelines... when those guidelines were racially informed; it's bigotry radiation.

Well, okay, but in that situation is it the bank's fault for following the zoning guidelines or the fault of the people in government for not fixing the zoning guide lines? Also, how would you FIX the situation as opposed to just saying it needs fixing? If you think the bank should grant the loan anyways, then should the same apply to a family of a different racial background as well? Or should an entirely different system be put into place and how could it be built to not have said racist elements and so-forth?

Like I said, there's some huge issues that definitely need addressing like the amount of PoC's in jail, but the solution isn't to just... free criminals. At least not to free criminals just because of their race. The whole prison and justice system in general needs an overhaul and a huge part of that would be fixing how harsh some of the crimes (especially lesser ones) are punished. However there's still going to be people in prison and there's no guarantee that the reform will result in a prison population that's representative of the civilian population either.

There are problems with race that certainly need fixing. However CRT is like using a bonfire to fix a broken power outlet. It's the wrong tool and just going to make everything worse. Instead figure out which systems actually need fixing and what the problems with them are on an individual basis so the right fix can be applied. If PoC's are having trouble graduating school, figure out what they're struggling in and develop a support structure to help students who are struggling in that area; don't just lower scores and say that the fault is a racist school system or that math is racist or something.