Leftist Identitarians love to talk about how this country was built around systemic racism and that it persists to this day because you cannot get rid of it without scrapping the past institutions and instituting a new one. Lets assume for a moment that this is true. That racism is so ingrained into our system that it needs to be re-worked. How? How are you going to go about rebuilding America into a system that is not based on systemic racism. What would you change? How would you change it? Is there anything that you would keep? Explain in detail how you would change America and what.
I would introduce some sort of Transparency and Accountability Act to take on corruption for both elected and unelected officials, giving the public far more information about what happens behind closed doors. I would also introduce better whistleblower protections so people like Snowden and Assange are praised instead of hunted, and those who they expose having abused government power are held accountable. I would also make federal and state election days national/state holidays and mandatory days off for all but emergency workers. That's got little to nothing to do with racism though.
I would start by pointing out that changes should be based on spicific things that happen, not generalizations about what someone else thinks or believes.
I think we are working in that direction and have made progress. Reparations are necessary, but not in the form of cash compensation. But as opportunities, for minorities affected by policies of the past, to work and study. Re-education of authorities, judges, police, bureaucrats ... and, most importantly the people, should be among the priorities. Even though the end result would be revolutionary, this does not require a revolutionary shift in our actions. Waking up people to the fact that there is NO reason for discrimination (definition of "woke") is the most important factor.
WAIT just a minute. It HAS been re-worked. Racism in the true sense has been being addressed and rooted out by white people since Lyndon Johnson announced the "Great Society", and before. Not only working to end it, but going overboard to convince black people to stop feeling sorry for themselves and become more involved with mainstream. Right now for example, watch TV commercials and shows and you see highly disproportionate numbers of black people, often in positions reflecting high levels of competence or position. The country is 13 % black- the commercials are using 60-70% black people. Trying to tell them as well as others that they can be the same as anyone else. That effort is taking place all over the country- despite the statistics covering crime, education issues, family support issues and more, that say their culture doesn't want to step up to that position. But we do see them seeking to resurrect racism, and perpetuating it- and they will succeed if that continues. After the looting of the "Miracle Mile" of high end stores in Chicago, a BLM spokeswoman told news people interviewing her on camera that it wasn't looting or theft, it was "reparations", and it didn't matter because those stores had insurance. It's stupid enough to think that, even worse to think telling that to an audience is going to win friends. That is a black person, literally cultivating racism. Unfortuantely, I can't say the efforts to end racism have been successful, because it's a two-sided issue. I think the white population has done their part- the black population is something else. Many have indeed become fine citizens and taken their proper place; I have known many who have, and I do applaud that- but many have not and refuse to try. The fact is you can't change people, they have to change themselves. The most you can do is provide an opportunity. That has been done- beyond fairly, and been improving for decades. As has been recognized for over a hundred years by several outstanding black people- racism has a value to some black people. They use it, profit or gain from it- and do not want it to go away. Booker T Washington gave a speech to a crowd of white southerners in 1895 at the Atlanta Exposition. The band had just played "Dixie", and the crowd cheered. 10 minutes into Booker's speech- they were wildly cheering him too. He's also talked about some black people needing to perpetuate racism, because they benefit from it. Culture is a larger element than color. Culture- how a group shapes it children, what it gives them, has a huge impact on who they will be, causing the culture to be handed down by generation to generation. Society can't gift any group with "equality", they have to earn it in the same way we all do. If the unjust barriers are removed and they chose not to do that, they are the people responsible for their position. There will come a time when the tolerance of bad conduct will not be excused. Unfortunately, any group builds an identity for itself. What you do controls how you will be seen. If 13% of all dogs were black, but they accounted for the majority of dog bites- it would be rational to avoid black dogs. The color would be the identifier of a conduct issue, even though the color itself wasn't the cause. 13% of Americans are black. 53% of all murders are committed by black people. Only black people can change black culture. Until the conduct of the culture comes into line with the rest of society, the worst of the black culture will taint all of the black culture- and that will not be unrealistic prejudice, but prudence.
I would begin with restoring the vast amounts of salt water marshland lost around the mouth of the Mississippi River. We can do it in the name of racial equity if it appeases people.
I don't think your question was meant for me but my answer is we rebuild America by getting rid of Democrats and Progressives. Vote woke out.
