Reaction to the Oklahoma frat scandal shows just how poorly Americans understand racism - Vox

Reaction to the Oklahoma frat scandal shows just how poorly Americans understand racism - Vox: But it's important to remember that things like this don't represent the kinds of racism that make life hard for African-Americans on a daily basis. The much more common issues faced by colleges students and people of color all throughout America have to do with structural inequality — which is maintained through deeply held prejudices against black people. Hateful tunes sung on buses by probably drunken frat boys reflect this prejudice, but they certainly don't cause it. And although the SAE members deserved the discipline they got, individual punishments certainly don't fix America's racism problem.