Structural Racism?

[Theblip]

https://mobile.twitter.com/labourpress/status/1355179897681924096
Is “structural racism” really the cause?

[pixie374]

It seems to be the newer phrase for institutional or systemic racism... which means the answer is- nobody really knows.

[Jackdaw33]

What, if any, is the difference between 'structural' racism and 'institutional' racism?

[Zacs-Master]

Answer above

[THECORBYLOON]

Perhaps the sentences given to to some non-white folk are out of kilter compared to white offenders?

[Mamyalynne]

There is no straightforward definition for 'Structural racism' therefore it's all pure conjecture.

[Jackdaw33]

Thank you. My question was answered before I asked it!

[pixie374]

Theland //Me too. But had opportunity.//

The point is more whether you would have had exactly the same opportunity, trust and so on, if you had been a different colour.
You can't answer that, of course.

[pixie374]

Welcome :-)

[Zacs-Master]

No one can answer that, Pix. There are too many variables.

[fender62]

question should be, why so many young black boys in london are turning to crime..let's not beat around the bush, when you have free education for all, no one wants to talk about it.

[Stickybottle]

As someone commented on the Twitter feed:
‘ Here's a radical idea of how to stop BAME kids being locked up, they could stop committing so much crime’

Exactly what Operation Trident was set up for way back when but it wasn’t very PC to say that black folks were committing a lot of crime

[pixie374]

Exactly, zacs....
People can go with whatever they prefer really....
Black people commit more crimes, the culture makes crime more acceptable, they get treated less favourably and turn to crime, they get arrested more often, they get charged more often, they get more severe sentences when they are.... infinite really. And no way of telling.

[fender62]

what did diane abacus say...police had a dam good hiding...forgot to mention the dead police officer, untouchable now, but let's be honest
if the powers that be really wanted to, they could crush them.

[Jackdaw33]

It was Bernie Grant, black MP for Tottenham, about PC Blakelock, killed in the Broadwater Farm riots of 1985.

[fender62]

Jackdaw33, i remember that..all went silent, political correctness
coppers from the 60's and 70's what we need., and not hamstrung

[Theland]

We need to he more specific about black offenders.
Within the prison population, Pakistani Muslims are over represented compared to the general population.
Same with African ethnicity.
Hindu and Sikh numbers so low hardly worth recording.
So? Culture.

[fender62]

theland, i did see a news report where a pakistani said, one day britain will be part of pakistan..obsurd obviously, but islam first for some.
makes you wonder why they stay here, plenty of pia covid flights.

[ToraToraTora]

have we determined what "structural racism" is yet?

[THECORBYLOON]

One dictionary states,
"laws, rules, or official policies in a society that result in and support a continued unfair advantage to people and unfair or harmful treatment of others based on race"

[fender62]

blacks are better runners, https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/89219-are-race-based-studies-racist or thye would rather seed as many as they can, purely what i have read?.