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Racial Minorities can certainly be racist, but only with the requisite monopoly of political power over others. Otherwise, they are just prejudiced.
The defining feature of racism, like sexism in many respects, as opposed to run-of-the-mill prejudice, is how power shadows the marginalization of a group of people in the context of race.
As an example, one only needs to turn to George Wallace or Robert Mugabe, they are both racist eventhough one is black and one is white.
In my most humblest of opinions, I cant say I agree with the city of New Haven's decision to drop the promotions. But if the overriding concern is about maintaining diversity in the brass, surely there are other means of assessing candidacy.
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