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		cubefox 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Conspiracy theorists unaware their beliefs are on ... Statistics only show group disparities, not that those are caused by things like "systemic" racism, nepotism, etc.

Sohcahtoa82 9 months ago [–]

Group disparities are basically the definition of systemic racism.

cubefox 9 months ago | [–]

No, because systemic racism is supposed to cause and explain observable group disparities. If they were identical, there could be no causal relationship, because nothing can cause itself.

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