My Sunday column is now online, asking: "What if there had been no George Floyd video?" I look at structural racism throughout society: It doesn't go viral, but it is just as lethal and pernicious nyti.ms/2YmzWn9 I welcome your thoughts.
Consider that a black boy born today in Washington, DC, Missouri, Louisiana or several other states has a shorter life expectancy than a boy born in Bangladesh or India. Or that a black infant is twice as likely to die before age 1 than a white baby.
Or that despite Brown vs Board of Education, the reality is that racial segregation has been INCREASING since 1988. Some 15 percent of black kids in the US now attend "apartheid schools" in which fewer than 1% of students are white.
Meanwhile, unconscious bias is ubiquitous. Umpires are more likely to call a pitch a strike if the pitcher is of the same race as they are. NBA refs were more likely to call a personal foul against a player of a different race.
White society is more sensitive to racism than a generation ago. But even many white liberals still back systems (local school funding, zoning bans on multi-family dwelling) that de facto perpetuate inequality. Serious issues to wrestle with. My column: nyti.ms/2YmzWn9
