The Difficulture Of Racism

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I really appreciate that you brought up how subtle racism can be. I think its something we as a society fail to address and we tend to look for more grand gestures of racism, such as from the Jim Crow era, when even the subtle forms can be harmful.
You also say that in order to address racism we must, "raise awareness of the forms of racism that are present in our society" and "Also, systematic racism can be addressed through policy and legal changes.". This is all amazing, but how are you going to address it on a person to person or even community bases level? People can still be racist in there daily lives even if forms of racism are addressed. Also when it comes to changing policies and having a legal impact in order to address systematic

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