Reply #89: This is such an important point, Isome! Who benefits? [View All]

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Individuals may claim to have never thought or said or did anything hurtful to persons of another race (and if true that's all to the good). But when you look at the incredibly unbalanced flow of benefits from the status quo in America, it's hard to argue that institutional racism is not a problem. We all have to recognize that the system is racist, that racism has been institutionalized so that most individuals feel helpless to change it. Whether individuals are comfortable with that or not, to deny that it exists is to be part of the problem. IMO.

Thanks for starting this great thread, Solomon!