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  Systemic Racism is a part of every San Luis Obispo High School student’s life today. Every living being, actually.

The world has not changed enough to deserve the possibility that this class of racism does not exist. Although there has been debate that systemic racism has been extinguished from today’s society, this is a false claim.

A poll found online had data that proved my points, it asked others if they deal with systemic racism in their day to day lives, “51 percent say that Blacks are treated less fairly than whites in their interactions with police, compared to 41 percent who say they are treated the same. Another 7 percent say whites are treated less fairly than Blacks.

Among Black respondents, the perception that Blacks are treated less fairly is higher, at 73 percent, while nearly half of white respondents, 48 percent, think Blacks are treated less fairly than whites.” 

   As the fight for Black Lives matter is more important now more than ever, the matter of a solution is hard to come by. Defunding the police, reform the system, and ACAB are all different solutions provided by different opinions. These are to be made by each individual. The racism that is relevant today has so many classes, but systemic racism is one that can be changed simply and effectively. Systemic racism is defined as, “the formalization of a set of institutional, historical, cultural and interpersonal practices within a society that more often than not puts one social or ethnic group in a better position to succeed, and at the same time disadvantages other groups in a consistent and constant manner that disparities develop between the groups over a period of time.” We need to create new rules and laws that do not exclude a singular race, and do it now, it has gone on long enough.

Sources: uml.com, ustoday.com