We HAVE to TALK about racism and police brutality

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33. Examples include Hispanics and folks from the Middle East, and Native Americans

Depending upon where you live, (nd I've lived in NYC, SF, Northern California, and the Central Coast), one finds that different groups are denied services or treated very differently based on their skin color, their surname, their clothing, etc.

Again, depending upon where you are, the institutions of hiring departments and service industries most definitely prefer certain people over, say, people with Mohammed in their names, or who wear burkas, or who have that classic Native American facial structure or who look like they might be from Central America, etc., etc.

I didn't mention government, I wrote "far more institutionalized in our country and culture". It's harder to track down governmental sanctioned examples, they simply aren't written down that way but they still exist by virtue of how decisions are adjudicated in that subjective space where ill-defined criteria are allowed to be used.

Uneven treatment by police due to their bigotry is probably a great place to find government examples.

So, just as there are Taxis that won't pick up African Americans in NYC, there are mortgage brokers who don't want to find a loan for Jews or Islamic folks.

Sadly, it's everywhere in varying degrees and it sucks no matter which demographic is targeted.

And, yes, it's worse for blacks and women, as I wrote:

IMO, you're both right; racism toward blacks (and women) is by far more institutionalized in our country and culture.

Peace!