Racism became prevalent because it was required to justify slavery, and the theft of land, labour and resources by colonialism.
Today it assists voter suppression, economic and civic exclusion, real estate grabs and mass incarceration.
It has always driven by power and greed.

Racism is often portrayed in the media as the preserve of knuckle-dragging far-right thugs. But these are just its foot solders. It is a systemic, institutional result of an exploitative economy, that commodifies and devalues human life.

One of the roles of the police is to protect the citadels of power from challenge - to maintain plutocracy and oligarchy within systems that purport to be democracies. This requires constant suppression of outgroups. Institutional police racism is an inevitable result.

We stand together against a system that devalues us all. Against murders that degrade the lives of all.
#BlackLivesMatter