I agree - good link.

Near as I can tell, people think of systems as inanimate objects that have no emotions, no prejudices, and no preferences. Logic follows, that systems cannot be racist anymore than rocks can be racist – right?

Wrong. Since systems were designed by human beings, their bigotry, prejudices, and preferences were built into the systems. Voting rights is a good example. Does “We, the people” mean all of us, or just some of us? Our founding fathers wrote “We, the people” but made laws that limited the vote to just some people. That limitation was the function of racism, classism and sexism in 1776.

While we have removed classism and sexism, we have not, yet, removed racism. Until we remove racism, our voting system will continue to reinforce racism in our country – and our personal lives.

I say all that by way of recommending this TedTalk by Lecrae that popped up right after White Mike.

Heroes and Villains: Is hip-hop a cancer or a cure? | Lecrae

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFas9cd8ZZ8

I think Lecrae does a seriously good job of explaining the cultural systems at work in the Hip Hop movement. He also explains how systems designed to target poor black communities, spread into white suburbs as well.

While that was a feature of the system (NOT an unintended consequence), white people are so sure their skin protects them, they cannot believe the school-to-prison pipeline included poor white kids. Nonetheless, it’s true; when forced to choose between racism and equality, rich and comfortable white people sacrifice poor white people on the alters of racism – every time.

As long as we allow racism to remain inside our systems, poor white people will also be trapped inside it.

From my perspective, classism, sexism and racism are merely different words for the same thing. To get rid of sexism, or classism or racism, we have to get rid of all of them.