1 min readJul 14, 2020
Systemic and institutional racism has little to do with personal prejudice and the vast majority of racism (and sexism) is perpetrated through unconscious bias. Conscious thought is about 2% - the rest is cultural narratives, stereotypes, personal experiences, etc. One doesn't have to have malicious intent in order to be causing real harm and in fact, a person may have conscious beliefs in equality and still act at times in racist or sexist ways due to unconscious bias.