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by greenyoda 4491 days ago
"If you are not actively doing things to fix the institutions of racism, and sexism; then you are actively part of an institution of racism and sexism."

If I'm not actively trying to stop murderers or fraudsters, am I "actively part of an institution" of murder and fraud? If not, then why would your assertion about racism and sexism be true?

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You're comparing apples and oranges. If there was institutional murder and fraud then your comparison might make some sense. If there there was institutional murder, say every left-handed person was killed at birth, and you did nothing about it because you're right handed then he's claiming you're actively part of that institutional murder. While I don't necessarily agree, there are differences between the types which you are ignoring
we DO have institutional murder. how else could you classify a death penalty?
True, however having an institution against criminals convicted of capital offences is still an apples and oranges comparison to racism/sexism. No one is born a murderer.