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Racism systemic

In response to "Racist confession." It's really 2020 and people still don't understand the meaning of "political correctness" and use it anytime they feel persecuted.

In response to "Racist confession."

It's really 2020 and people still don't understand the meaning of "political correctness" and use it anytime they feel persecuted.

Need I remind you, political correctness is any prevailing political or cultural or social zeitgeist that supports the current political system or power system. If colonizers control a narrative, if white people control a narrative, the privileges of that system favour them. This is why equity, reconciliation and affirmative action is important. Don't be sorry you cant understand that, be glad you never had to. I still don't either and I grew up privileged as hell.

Real political correctness is the fact that we exist in a system that rhetoric like this letter to the editor can be published and not be picked apart for being racist because it isn't explicit in its racism. Real racisim is systemic, not just an isolated incident or slur. Same logic as changing a school name is not real reconciliation while we violate a United Nations constitution mandate but OK.

Just as reconciliation is more than superficial conventions, so is racism. 

Don't start with "you can be racist to white people in a predominantly white society." 

Yes, in a superficial sense, but y'all are missing the point of systematic emancipation. This is the logical fallacy of ignoratio elenchi - a red herring - a fallacy of illicit transference. It fails to address the issue in question.

Robin Sui

Prince George