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Originally Posted by corpus vile
Lol. Ok.
Things I've learned from this thread.: Even colourblindness can be really racism then.
Is that better?
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Originally Posted by corpus vile
Such as? Again it's illegal to discriminate in today's world. My country had a $hitty past and history. I've learned to move on and live my life.
One example from my own country would be our treatment of indigenous people, specifically residential schools, where indigenous children were taken away from their families to be "civilized" by the white man. The last one was closed in 1996, which means there are people in their 40s that went through that system. Even if we assume the worst of it ended in the 70s, that still means there are thousands of indigenous people in their 60s that went through the trauma, and others in their 30s and 40s that were raised by those same people. I won't get into the details, but the legacy of those residential schools is trauma, mental health issues, drug and alcohol addiction, serious lack of trust of schools, police, and government, and more. As a result of that and other racist policies of the past, to this day indigenous graduation rates in our schools are substantially below others - and that's just one way this legacy manifests itself. If we were to now simply say that we live in a colour blind society, and we treat everyone the same, we would have no programs specifically targeting indigenous students to close that gap, and it would take many generations to resolve. Schools are only one place where this legacy manifests itself, which I chose to highlight because I'm involved in the school system here.
That's just one example, in one country, where a racist system that's been removed for more than 25 years, and started winding down 40+ years ago, still has an impact today. Even if racism was well and truly a thing of the past (it isn't), that doesn't mean we can ignore the impact it has for subsequent generations.
And that's not even considering the fact that racism and discrimination still exists, legal or not. The first example that comes to mind is policing in the US and Canada, and I'd be surprised if that weren't the case elsewhere. It might be a small number of police that are racist, but as long as that behaviour is tolerated, it poisons the well.
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Originally Posted by corpus vile
So when equally qualified, those with a preferred skin colour or background will be chosen?
Of course, when that's what is needed. Welcome to the 2020s, when organizations that serve the entire community want to ensure that their leadership reflects said community.