An anecdote while race matters and trumps class every single time...

[BrotherIvan]

8. I understand what you are saying

But it is racist people working in government, cops, teachers and preachers in the system who have perpetuated racism. We have seen more and more people being fired for racist comments or writings, and that is a good thing. But in the legal sense, we still don't have a way to entirely get rid of them from our government or our news.

I don't know what government can do to keep the woman in the story from clutching her purse around a person of color. Racism is handed down from generation to generation and is very concentrated in certain areas, but by no means gone from anywhere. How does the government stop this? How does the government stop churches from spreading racism, because they do. How about mothers and fathers?

What if tv/radio could somehow be purged of racists? Yes, Fox News. But because of 1A, it is usually public opinion which does the enforcement. And yet how have Fox and Limbaugh gotten away with it all these years?

The more important thing is to tackle what can be changed and firstly, that is cops. There needs to be standardized interview procedures and strict oversight of cops. They need to be fired immediately if it is found that they hold racist ideas because that means they are unfit for the job and dangerous. Any public employee we should basically say they are unfit for their job if they are racists. That is actual policy. But DU seems to want something more which is not possible, they want to somehow deal with everyday people who are racists. That is not possible. And I have yet to see a suggestion of what to do about it.