Our society is not dysfunctional, it's functioning on the premise of its design for the benefit of Western European descendants. This house was not built for people of color.
I really thought this was interesting. It also reflects on my perspective lately of suspicion of the "American dream," and our attempts to "reform" systems like policing and education in order to make them equitable. They are not designed to be equitable. Dismantling these systems is a more legitimate approach than trying to change them.
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I really thought this was interesting. It also reflects on my perspective lately of suspicion of the "American dream," and our attempts to "reform" systems like policing and education in order to make them equitable. They are not designed to be equitable. Dismantling these systems is a more legitimate approach than trying to change them.