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  • This seems a very simplistic way of seeing racism. Like, to me, complex human interactions and systems cannot be simplified in this manner:

    Some are expressed as formulas (priviledge+power or prejutice+power) with the key concept being power.

    There’s a lot more nuance than this. If you’re thinking about structural racism, the legal, the opportunity given, segregational, educational and societal (even if not official) factors of racism, that’s what I think it is, the amalgamation of various factors into the added institution of racism, as they are at the structural foundation of our modern society, not just a guy being racist, not just priviledge, but the educational access for black people or laws implicitly made to keep latinos out of legality (some examples).

    It’s not that simple. Check this and this as they’re a good start.

    And, to the question, in the definition I just gave, the question:

    To what extent is the standard structural definition of racism structurally racist?

    Doesn’t even make sense, as describing the ways racism prevail in society is not racist, because the definition of racism is a lot different than this.