2021年4月10日
Brian Wong
EJ Insight
Why racism is a form of structural injustice
Our previous discussion took us to the conclusion that racism can manifest in both speech and action.
It is equally apparent that racism can rear its head in places where it is least expected to – it is by no means the sole propriety of your stereotypical 'hillbillies' or, as some narratives unhelpfully and misleadingly argue, of the 'uneducated' 'deplorables'. Highly educated, incredibly cosmopolitan individuals who espouse 'liberal' ideals can also be racist – when they exhibit fundamentally erroneous, misinformed, and disrespectful beliefs concerning other races, or when they act in racially differentiated ways towards individuals of particular ethnicities that thereby undermine their interests.
There is racism that is direct, obvious, intentional, and individual in nature. Such racism is malevolent, and arises from agents intending to cause harm or disrespect towards others on the basis of their race. ...
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