The only reason white people enslaved back people was because they had the opportunity. Does that make it okay? Absolutely not. Does this absolve us of trying to make it right? Absolutely not. But also white people historically have not had a monopoly on racism and slavery.
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which dictionary and version is being used as the canonical definition of "racism" for the purposes of this subtweet
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within this argument, how does one weigh the observation that historically, one ethnicity has had the majority of access to the history books and definitions of terms?
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it also pulls into its wake a lot of much more harmful outcomes of capital, but restricts the solution space to a minority e.g. reparations vs UBI
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Do you think the intentions are truly to enable discrimination against a different group?
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This is really hard to answer because 'intention' is a murky pit and saying that other people consciously have negative intention is very bad. But I do think to some extent yes? At least they have narratives that are doing discrimination but reframing it as good.
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This is half wrong. The effects are accurately described, but this is not the "attempt" the redefiners are making. They actually want to *intensify* the harms and lasting effects, believing our culture has inexcusably minimized them.
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This results in an overcompensation that overshadows the actual gains we minorities have made. The demand for constant contrition is unsustainable, & unhealthy. But it comes from reactionism. It isn't a nefariously careful plan.
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