There are parts of racism and sexism that are learned (expressed as bigotry and prejudice) and the rest of it is subtly woven into our lives. It's where we benefit and others are oppressed and we miss how we are taking advantage of systemic biases and inequities.
Call out behaviors that capitalize privilege and/or oppress or exploit marginalized folks. The onus should be on all of the people engaging in and enabling those behaviors to recognize what they are doing and work towards 1) making it unacceptable behavior by holding others accountable for it equitably and 2) thinking before they act to consider if their behavior actually is just and acceptable.
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There are parts of racism and sexism that are learned (expressed as bigotry and prejudice) and the rest of it is subtly woven into our lives. It's where we benefit and others are oppressed and we miss how we are taking advantage of systemic biases and inequities.
I'm not going to deny that there is systemic prejudice, but the question is how to get rid of that. What options are available?
Call out behaviors that capitalize privilege and/or oppress or exploit marginalized folks. The onus should be on all of the people engaging in and enabling those behaviors to recognize what they are doing and work towards 1) making it unacceptable behavior by holding others accountable for it equitably and 2) thinking before they act to consider if their behavior actually is just and acceptable.