The article critiques the strategy employed by some to refute allegations of racism by downplaying its presence today, arguing that while racism existed historically, its current impact is overstated. Advocates often invoke civil rights progress and notable figures like President Obama to assert that modern racism is minimal, characterized by isolated incidents rather than systemic issues. Such advocates believe that labeling behaviors as systemic racism unfairly implicates individuals, particularly white people, in charges of racism they deny committing. The validity of this argument is explored through the lens of historical understanding and social context.
One common opening move in the argument is to deny or downplay discrimination against minorities...just that it either does not exist now or is far less bad than critics claim.
To speak of systematic racism would be to speak of something that, one might claim, no longer exists.
One might accept that there are racists who say and do racist things, but they are a small number...they're a few bad apples.
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