Racism is integral to American law, not an aberration

Evidence

In the end, this book exposes the illusion of innocence at the heart of this nation by pointing out the concrete effects of persistent racial inequality. Most Americans see inequality—and the racial habits that give it life—as aberrations, ways we fail to live up to the idea of America. But we’re wrong. Inequality and racial habits are part of the American Idea. They are not just a symptom of bad, racist people who fail to live up to pristine ideals. We are, in the end, what we do. And this is the society we have all made. So much so that we can have a black man in the White House and nearly one million black men and women in the Big House. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 25 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Earlier American racism was explicit, intentional, and legally codified.; Contemporary American racism no longer operates through explicit or legal means.; Courts judged racism by explicit racial language, not inequitable outcomes — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 639 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Racial inequality is constitutive of Americanness, not an aberration from its ideals #corroborates (0.95) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 25