structural violence is the result of policy and social structures, and change can only be a product of altering the processes that encourage structural violence in the first place. Theorists argue that structural violence is embedded in the current world system; this form of violence, which is centered on apparently inequitable social arrangements, is not inevitable. Ending the global problem of structural violence will require actions that may seem unfeasible in the short term. To some, this indicates that it may be easier to devote resources to minimizing the harmful impacts of structural violence. Others, such as futurist Wendell Bell, see a need for long-term vision to guide projects for social justice. Many structural violences, such as racism and sexism, have become such a common occurrence in society that they appear almost invisible. Despite this fact, sexism and racism have been the focus of intense cultural and political resistance for many decades. Significant reform has been accomplished, though the project remains incomplete. Farmer notes that there are three reasons why structural violence is hard to see: Suffering is exoticized—that is, when something/someone is distant or far away, individuals tend to not be affected by it. When suffering lacks proximity, it's easy to exoticise. The weight of suffering is also impossible to comprehend. There is simply no way that many individuals are able to comprehend what suffering is like. Lastly, the dynamics and distribution of suffering are still poorly understood. Anthropologist Seth Holmes studied suffering through the lens of structural violence in his 2013 ethnography Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States. He analyzed the naturalization of physical and mental suffering, violence continuum, and structural vulnerability experienced by Mexican migrants in the U.S. in their everyday lives. Holmes used examples like governmental influences of structural violence—such as how American subsidization of corn industries force Mexican farmers out of business, thereby forcing them to make the very dangerous trip across the border, where the U.S. Border Patrol hinder these migrants' chances of finding work in America, and the impact this all has on the migrants’ bodies. See also Aggression Cultural reproduction Civil Rights Movement Cycle of poverty Economic violence Global inequality Global policeman Imperialism Institutional racism Lawsuit Monetarism Neoconservativism Neoliberalism Red Scare Political violence Social inequality Social murder Structural abuse Symbolic violence War on Drugs Washington consensus Footnotes Further reading Galtung, Johan. 1969. "Violence, Peace, and Peace Research." Journal