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One sociology expert told the BBC that Knight had used "a genre that has a long history of racist impact".
It doesn't mean the person who said the sexist or racist thing is 100% sexist or racist; it means they weren't paying attention to the sexist or racist impact it could have.
So too would measures aimed at reducing the prison system's disproportionately racist impact on minorities, given that the incarceration rate for blacks is seven times that of whites.
We have courts striking down blatantly racist voter ID laws in that they not only have a racist impact; state legislatures passed them for their discriminatory impact.
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Under the false specter of voter fraud, states across the country have been issuing laws that, while not explicitly racist, disproportionately impact black voters.
"The coroner made it absolutely clear how racist attitudes can impact on how people are treated," said Frances Webber, vice-chairman of the Institute of Race Relations.
Youth are sharing stories of how racist mascots negatively impact their lives and are asking for Washington, D.C.'s NFL team to change its name.
"Having fought against police torture and abuse in the courts here in Chicago for more than 45 years," said local civil-rights lawyer Flint Taylor, "I have reached the inescapable conclusion that Chicago police violence is systemic, fundamentally racist, and disproportionately impacts the poor and communities of color".
So the origins are racist, but the current impact, the current reality, is inherently racist, too.
Talking about the act and not the person shifts the focus to the racist action and its impact.
These NRA inspired racist gun policies overwhelmingly impact urban black Americans and the recent Trayvon Martin and Tulsa, Oklahoma killings are just two of many examples.
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