Comments on: So What Do We Do? https://contemporaryracism.org/137689/so-what-do-we-do/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Tue, 12 Dec 2023 19:17:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ibrahim Sidibeh https://contemporaryracism.org/137689/so-what-do-we-do/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 19:17:43 +0000 https://contemporaryracism.org/?p=137689#comment-1124 In reply to Riot Garcia Orellana.

I absolutely agree.Defunding and deconstructing the police force, would lead to a permanent solution to counter the dehumanization of people of color. But, as a temporary relief, we could institute cultural competency (especially in the neighborhoods these police were found), and immersive anti-bias training, to at least disrupt their biases and equip them to have enough cognitive power to not fall into implicit biases/instincts.

]]> By: Riot Garcia Orellana https://contemporaryracism.org/137689/so-what-do-we-do/comment-page-1/#comment-1103 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 23:17:22 +0000 https://contemporaryracism.org/?p=137689#comment-1103 I think we start with the systems. We dismantle the systems based on white supremacy as systems made to benefit one type of person and oppress others will continue to do so even if we add in changes. The police, at their core, were designed to catch runaway slaves and that basis can still be seen today in who they choose to protect. So we should design a new system based on the beliefs of protecting everyone.

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