Suz Ex Machina
1 min readMar 14, 2023

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Premise #1) Racism/being racist is society’s greatest evil.

Premise #2) All white people are racist.

Conclusion) Therefore, all white people are evil.

Wait, how did you get from the two added sentences from the newer definition of racism (ostensibly calling out and acknowledging systematic racism) to these premises including the words "society's greatest evil' and "all white people are racist" and "evil"?

There is a logical leap here in terms of sentiments and language use that negates the value of your syllogism. Either the logic directly is supported by evidence or it is not.

Let me show you why this is true:

For American institutions to be racist, does it mean all White people are racist -- no that is not necessarily the logical conclusion of that idea.

Institutions can be built on racist ideology without every White person being racist -- even if White people benefit, overall, from that system.

I see where you are trying to go here, Colby, but the logical connections are tenuous at best.

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