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In a classical moral theory like that of Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), which centers on the moral status of discrete actions performed by individual persons, it can seem hard to find room for the notion of structural injustice. Although Aquinas himself does not raise questions about structural injustices, I argue that certain principles he lays down in his theory of justice provide resources
to develop a "Thomistic" approach to structural racism, one that is capable of distinguishing cases of genuine structural racism from innocent disparities, and that also explains why one can be morally obligated to remediate an unjust social structure even if one has not personally taken part in its creation.