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A Brown University Africana Studies professor recently argued in a guest lecture that “inclusive racism” is alive and well.

No, apparently the term is not an oxymoron.

Professor Tricia Rose, during a speech at Duke University, told the crowd that even when minorities are included, discrimination abounds.

The Duke Chronicle reports:

Rose discussed the “inclusive racism” that still exists today, especially in educational institutions.

“We now have visible outcomes of equality but obscured processes,” Rose said. “We’ve moved from excluding people as a mode of discrimination to inclusive discrimination.”

She explained that the system is still discriminatory, but society refuses to admit that and instead includes people from the groups who would be excluded in order to prove that the institution is not discriminatory. Although those few are included, the system remains the same.

“It’s a process by which the fundamental systemic modes of created equality are not equal, and those who experience the brunt are given marginal access as proof that the inequality is not happening,” she added.

Rose noted that even those selected for inclusion remain on the outside and are never fully accepted. The rules are designed for those who are included, and silence on these issues is part of the reward structure for belonging.

And there it is. As far as Rose is concerned, the country is still filled with a bunch of racists, it’s just hiding it better. This mentality, exemplified by Rose, is commonplace in university classrooms across the nation. It’s as destructive as it is wrong.

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