MobBoss
Off-Topic Overlord
Because the government need not be "filled" with racists to be "racist."
Not totally no. But it would have to be a large majority.
If only a small portion of the people in the government are racist, then its policies will be tilted towards racism, even if the rest of the people aren't racist at all.
Thats simply ridiculous. If only a small portion are racist, then they will be pointed out for being so. However, for the government to be racist and actually institute racist policies, then the majority will have to be racist in order to enact those policies.
Remember, our government works on a MAJORITY basis....not a 'small portion' basis.
For example, not every white person in the Jim Crow South was racist; and yet the Jim Crow South was clearly "racist."
Thats because the majority of whites in the Jim Crow South were actually racist!!...not all of them sure...but a good majority were in order to enable such an environment to exist.
This is a good point. The institution is racist, not the individual.
Institutions cant be racist without the racists making them racist.