The government, and many people, have moved the definition and goal posts; so that anything that has the end result of a non-proportional uniformity can be labeled and treated as bias.
Ultimately it is a nuanced game; is discriminating against certain clothing or hair-styles racist? Of course. Yet, neither of those are explicitly tied to one's skin color or ethnicity, but are an indirect associative trait because of culture.
In America, we have intentionally muddled the waters of demarcation between culture and race, and are starting to see the cost of that.
The government, and many people, have moved the definition and goal posts; so that anything that has the end result of a non-proportional uniformity can be labeled and treated as bias.
Ultimately it is a nuanced game; is discriminating against certain clothing or hair-styles racist? Of course. Yet, neither of those are explicitly tied to one's skin color or ethnicity, but are an indirect associative trait because of culture.
In America, we have intentionally muddled the waters of demarcation between culture and race, and are starting to see the cost of that.