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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cbwjm" data-source="post: 9849221" data-attributes="member: 6788732">I agree; I think this is why people talk about systemic racism. You can be racist and have power, and racist and have no power, but the former can actively prevent the target of their racism from advancement using systems in their control.As a couple of examples here in NZ I've heard (I think this was a news article) that some company's hiring practice is to first weed out anyone with a Maori name and just bin their CV.One time I was walking to work and some Maori dude lovingly whispered in my ear "white trash" as he passed me by. It was hilarious, I told all my friends and we had a good laugh about it.Both of the above are racist, but only one is really oppressive.</blockquote>