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ALSo people talk past each other. Certain progressives label an institutional practice as "racist," and the 'normies' think that they're saying that the institutional practice is motivated by current intentional racial animus. That's not what they're saying, but that's what most people think they're saying. Then the 'normies' push back and say that they don't want their kids being told that certain things are "racist," and the progressives think that they're arguing that no racial inequities exist in those things and are thus denying history. Which, again, is not what the 'normies' are saying - they're just saying that there is no current intentional racial animus in those things

You can't get too abstract about racism - it loses credulity. It's OK if you have an academic exercise, but not to base policy on it. You can point to a statistic and say racism. But you're much better off to do some investigatory work to see why that statistic exists, and if it gets too abstract, or is indeterminable, publish and move on. Loren Cobb could comment on this. I see Goofyhoofy is back in town. :)

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