Equality

For Too Many, Equality Is Uncomfortable

In the last several years the dominant population in America has displayed a lack of comfort with equitable solutions to racial injustice

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Equality seems like a utopian dream for the dominant population in America. The majority of American society appears to believe that finding equitable solutions to racial injustice and inequality is someone else’s responsibility. Namely, those who are oppressed by the same system that supports and upholds the majority. In other words, those who benefit greatest from the systems of oppression are largely unwilling to allow others the same privileges they enjoy.

Since the George Floyd protests, it has become evident that the majority of the population will say they believe in equal rights but the reality is, they don’t want to see it in their neighborhoods. For example, the protests from the summer of 2020 certainly brought attention to the term ‘racial justice’, but discussions about actual racial justice outside the realm of police brutality went largely ignored. Making it appear as though the majority isn’t interested in real reforms that would require them to make changes in their lives. Something they’re clearly unwilling to do.