American racial injustice in justice systems is a universal dominance phenomenon

Evidence

The view that thought is a means of knowing more about the world than may be directly observed … seems to us entirely mysterious’ is the conviction expressed in a work of the Vienna circle. This principle is particularly significant in a world whose magnificent exterior radiates complete unity and order while panic and distress prevail beneath. Autocrats, cruel colonial governors, and sadistic prison wardens have always wished for visitors with this positivistic mentality. If science as a whole follows the lead of empiricism and the intellect renounces its insistent and confident probing of the tangled brush of observations in order to unearth more about the world than even our well-meaning daily press, it will be participating passively in the maintenance of universal injustice. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 750 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Economic inequality is the universal form that local oppressions take. — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 337; There is no single American criminal justice system but many separate ones — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2053; Criminal justice discrimination is a special case of cross-cultural dominance hierarchy maintenance. (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• Criminal justice bias reflects universal dominance hierarchies, not US peculiarity #corroborates (0.95)
• Positivist empiricism passively supports universal injustice #complicates (0.72) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 750