Resolved: Institutional Racism is Significantly Present in America

First, I do have good reason to change your definition; you are not providing the correct definition according to your own source: Steps: 1)Click your link which I have copied here a.http://civilliberty.about.com... 2)The first sentence says "The term "institutional racism""" see how the words "institutional racism are blue? That means it is a hyperlink to another page for further information on that set of words. 3)Click this hyperlink; the blue words and it will take you here: a.http://tinyurl.com... 4)Here is definition they use: a.Institutional racism refers to racism perpetrated by government entities such as schools, the courts or the military. Unlike the racism perpetrated by individuals, institutional racism has the power to negatively affect the bulk of people belonging to a racial group. The author for your first source "What is Institutional Racism?" is CLEARLY HEAVILY BIASED: 1)The website itself is built around Hillary Clinton a.The top header of the site says "2008 Presidential Election, Race and Racism" b.Just under this is a green link to "Send Letter to Secretary Hillary Clinton" 2)In this author"s opinion, if you are not black there is no way for you to not be racist a.Chart 01 on this site shows a boxed chart with 4 possibilities of level of racism: Not racist, Reluctant Racist, Reformed Racist, and Overt Racist. However, the 7th paragraph, the one right above the chart states: i.Using Blacks as the focal group, a "non-racist" is an institution that has no negative biases or prejudices against Blacks and no discriminatory behaviors. It is very rare that an institution has neither racial bias nor prejudices and engages in no discriminatory behavior. When institutions take the position that they are non-racist, it is possible that the institutions operate in arenas where they have very little contact with Blacks. However, it is more likely that they are in denial about the existence of either prejudices or discrimination. b.So if no institution is able to be "Non-Racist", this author clearly thinks every institution is racist. 3) As per this author, the only way to not be racist is to be black. This author, my friends, is the definition of a racist. EDUCATION In the cited case: ACLU vs State of California the source discusses small school districts with rats running wild in classrooms, not enough books for each student to have one, students receiving photocopies of the book, etc. However, this report is the initial filing and does not detail the findings of the investigations. The lawsuits cite the fault not with the educational institution or state, but instead with the following: 1)Illegal Immigration and the overload to space and budgets a.About 3.2 million illegal immigrants in CA stretching the budget an extra $10 Billion each year. b. http://tinyurl.com... c.http://tinyurl.com... d.http://tinyurl.com... 2)Waste, Fraud and Abuse by the minority run school board including the minority Superintendent Richard Rodriguez who just in a single year "wasted $900,000": a.http://www.mercurynews.com... b.http://tinyurl.com... 3)How can the problem be racism when the people running these rundown school districts are the same minorities you are claiming are being given racist treatment? They are clearly being given the money, materials and space to properly perform; however, they are improperly allocating said resources on their own. This is a clear case of crying wolf while pocketing gains for themselves. Your statement "A 2015 study found that, despite higher rates of exposure to factors associated with disability, black students are significantly underrepresented in special education programs [7]." Is COMPLETELY wrong. In fact, the 1st sentence of the FULL article states "Racial-, ethnic-, and language-minority schoolchildren in the US have repeatedly been reported to be overidentified as disabled and so disproportionately overrepresented in special education" 1)http://tinyurl.com... 2)I suggest you start READING your sources 3)If you read your article then the referenced articles in that document, you will find that this "overrep" status was caused by social promotion which meant even if the students did not meet qualifications to pass they were still passed to keep them with their age group. This practice occurs EVERYWHERE to EVERY race except Florida which banned the practice. Your reference to minority students being suspended, expelled and dropping out at a higher rate. I don"t understand what this has to do with racism. 1)Your article points to"well no reason, it just states that it happens and that schools need to adjust their punishments to punish bad behavior less. 2)If the student fights in class or breaks rules, why is it racist to punish them according to the rules and set standards? Should it be considered racist to punish and jail a black man for murder now too? 3)If the student willingly drops out of school, why is it a racist problem and not the fault of the student? 4)Seems like a failure to take responsibility for one"s own action to me and you have provided no evidence to say otherwise. 5)As far as having less access to gifted programs; here is your article"s statement on that: a. "schools must end academic tracking and open the way for all students to participate in a challenging curriculum." b.So stop judging a student"s ability and proper academic course based on their academic history and let them do whatever they want? Seems like a recipe for increased discouragement and dropout rates to me Your assertion from the Huffington Post about inexperienced teachers, I would refer back to the articles defined above regarding waste, fraud and abuse as it is directly addressed there. Again a failure of the district board and superintendent to properly allocate resources. BUSINESS The first source cited here along with the assertions from said source are unusable. They are unusable because "Are Emily and Brendan More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal?" is an opinion piece. 1)It is considered an opinion piece because the "study" was authored, edited, researched, and cross-checked by 1 single person. 2)There is no way for me verify, dispute or even discuss the findings as there is no way to see the actual research or data. 3)Research and data are hidden and require paywall access meaning I must pay the author to see the research. 4)How am I supposed to do anything with this? As far as the criminal record "experiment", there are many holes that are missed in the study cited: 1)http://tinyurl.com... 2)How many pages is the full document? Your article only links to an edited version showing only pages 44, 45 & 46 3)Your study does not show any actual data including which companies performed background checks and which ones did not 4)Here"s an interesting line for you: "The audit study focused only on the first stage in the employment process"the stage most likely to be affected by the barrier of a criminal record" a.This means no race was taken into account as anyone who ever filled out an application knows by reading it; the race, gender, ethnicity parts of the application never make it to the hiring manager"s desk, they are immediately sealed and left in a database where even HR can"t see. b.This means"you guessed it, race is impossible to play a part as the hiring manager never sees you or knows your race because they are only looking at your application, not at you. c.Sooo this entire study means nothing at all in terms of race as it never comes into play. Only your criminal background if you willingly provided it"failed attempt at a scientific study guys. JUSTICE SYSTEM Next is your source on blacks being arrested more for drug violations as compared to whites even though whites are more likely to sell and equally likely to use. 1)Whites were about 45 percent more likely than blacks to sell drugs in 1980, according to an analysis of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth by economist Robert Fairlie. a.Did you not realize your source was using data from surveys? This is far from scientific or reliable. b.I mean seriously, your source trusts criminals who all sit in prison denying their criminal actions, to come out and suddenly speak on their crimes because it"s a survey? Really? c.What am I supposed to do with this? There is no data to verify and dispute. For your "source [12]", did you just pull this from an old college paper or something? The page doesn"t exist so I REALLY can"t dispute this one. Source[13] citing stop and frisk rates in Brownsville, NY 1)IT"S FREAKING BROOKLYN DUDE!!! What do you expect? 2)Here is a link to the crime statistics for the area, crimes per square mile 873, national average is 37.9; the murder capital of NY! That"s over 2,300 times the national average. Come on man. 3)http://www.neighborhoodscout.com... 4)http://tinyurl.com... Source[14] is a complete hear-say piece, not one sentence has any data or factual, data supported evidence that I can dispute or even discuss. What am I supposed to do with this? Source[15] & [16] have no source, they just says "google it". What am I supposed to do with this? CONCLUSION Your opening article states that even if you are identified as "Non-Racist" you are still racist, just in denial. The only way to not be racist is if you are black. Your education argument was poorly researched as you only site initial court filings and complaints and you failed to do any research on the actual facts of the case. I have shown the problem is waste, fraud and abuse by the minorities running the districts in question; which eliminates the racism argument. Employment arguments are backed by opinion pieces that lack the required data and facts for dispute so they are nullified and not usable in a debate. Justice system seems to have just completely gone off the rails.