"the idea of systemic/structural racism as if somehow it prevents them from having a fulfilling life"
I think that's an important point, and a point that applies to many things in addition to systemic racism. We humans love our scapegoats.
Another takeaway for me from your phrase is the part about "a fulfilling life." It seems that is never a consideration in our national debate, or if it is, it is always tied to some arbitrary group metric. As if no one can be happy unless they live in a penthouse apartment on the Upper East Side, and, additionally, that everyone living there has that fulfilling life. Maybe I'm naive, but I'll go to my grave thinking Charles Dickens had it right in "A Christmas Carol."
"the idea of systemic/structural racism as if somehow it prevents them from having a fulfilling life"
I think that's an important point, and a point that applies to many things in addition to systemic racism. We humans love our scapegoats.
Another takeaway for me from your phrase is the part about "a fulfilling life." It seems that is never a consideration in our national debate, or if it is, it is always tied to some arbitrary group metric. As if no one can be happy unless they live in a penthouse apartment on the Upper East Side, and, additionally, that everyone living there has that fulfilling life. Maybe I'm naive, but I'll go to my grave thinking Charles Dickens had it right in "A Christmas Carol."