| The thing about racism is that it is used to infer information about individuals. Cops in America use race as a proxy. They are far less likely do something to an old grandma because they know she doesn't represent the same threat as a young male in his 20s. There are two approaches to deal with it, but only one is highlighted: - Either make them not use race for any information - Or help them identify the problematic individuals better The first approach is what is actively being pursued by most people today, but it hardly solves the problem and it's fighting a rising tide. The more cops are weirded out by judging a black kid out of fear of racism, the more panicky they would feel while dealing with him because they'd be waiting for other pieces of information. For instance, Philando Castile was immediately shot when the cop discovered that he was armed. In a different world, he would have tried to analyse whether this man with his partner and kid in the car was scared of getting arrested or not. By running a major antiracism campaign cops are now left to use any piece of information other than race to determine the threat level, and this turns out to badly because their internal compass of threat assessment is distorted. For the second approach, pro-racial training can be made regarding threat assessments. Better databases can be built regarding information on individuals (obviously a problem for most people, but this is a great way to deal with this issue). China style facial recognition technology and going full on surveillance state can clearly help with this issue. In other words either do Israel style profiling or do China style surveillance, but both these things will have major resistance from Americans (but surprisingly arming cops with military weapons is ok). |