What I meant by structural discrimination is that here you have this neighborhood where there is abundant crime and horrible schools. The kids there (not all of them, but probably many) are going to lack the opportunities needed to have the financial means to afford something other than the same kind of neighborhood and so the cycle continues.

I see, but why is it called "structural discrimination"

eta: thanks. Is that your term, or is it used commonly?

Maybe it's not. I may be misremembering the term.

I may be misremembering the term.

okay, cause it sounds like treating houses differently based on whether it has wood studs or sheet rock :)

there was a wickedly funny and sometimes deep column in the city paper called Your Negro Tour Guide

This sounds a lot like ¡Ask A Mexican!, which I heartily recommend to anyone who doesn't know it.

okay, cause it sounds like treating houses differently based on whether it has wood studs or sheet rock :)

Anyway, God wants us to use brick.

"Structural Racism" is probably the term Gudanov thinking of. Racism rather than discrimination, because the point is that it is something built into the system that perpetuates white supremacy without anyone having to consciously discriminate - that will continue simply by people doing nothing and will require positive action to change. The distinction between structural and individual racism is important because structural racism is much easier for white people to pretend does not exist when dealing with other white people.

I'm pretty sure God loves ALL the building materials, he just wants brick houses with brick houses and sheet rock with sheet rock.

(Wood studs are all going to hell.)

(Wood studs are all going to hell.)

I think there's porn named that.

Hence, the hell going.