Using Systems Thinking to Break Down Racial Disparities

With the outcry against police brutality and the long fight to break down systemic racism, it has been made clear that the issues of race have not been solved in America. It is my opinion, and I’m sure many others would agree, that even if there was no racist person and the systems of today remained, systemic racism would still be real. In this class we’ve learned about systemic racism in the food system, articulated most clearly during the Race, Class and Gender in the Food System unit. We learned that “racial disparity in wages and representation can be found in most occupations along the food chain” (color of food reading). We were reminded in class that inequalities against black people are magnified over time due to the foundation of most systems in this country, and that 80% of wealth accumulation depends upon intergenerational transfers. But because of slavery, and the systems that ensued once it was “abolished”, that intergenerational wealth was stolen from black people. Understanding systemic racism is to use systems thinking to trace all the way back to the way black people were forced into this country. It is to trace back to slavery, to the 13th amendment and its loopholes, to prison camps and prison labor, to Jim Crowe laws, to the Civil Rights movement, the War on Drugs, modern slavery and private prisons, and so much more. Systemic racism is not just seen in policing. It can probably be seen in every aspect of society including the prison system, military system, the world food system, education, housing, employment, wealth, government surveillance, immigration policy, the list goes on. America, the “land of the free” has 2.3 million people imprisoned, of which are disproportionately black and non-black people of color, who have no liberty.

To understand systemic racism is for everyone to realize the racial trauma of black people in America, to use systems thinking to understand the history that led to this moment and to current systems, to reflect on how we (white people and/or non-black people of color) have perpetuated systemic racism, and how we have benefited from systemic racism. Our goal must be to recognize the ancestral DNA within us that directly links us to the problem and build reparations, among many other things. What is happening right now and will continue to happen until racist systems are changed, is collective karma for the brutality and inequities placed upon black people not only in this country, but the world. It is time for a change.

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