But I'm sure you'd agree with the premise of my argument -- that the overwhelming majority of white men are not to blame for society's ills, and thus the left should cut them some slack and cease entrenching social divisions by framing problems as black v white or male v female.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
I agree that most white men aren't to blame & labeling them as the cause is unhelpful. Their institutions however: https://bullshit.ist/racism-in-america-a-classic-tale-of-rich-against-the-poor-eebabdefb27b?source=linkShare-a5cf2acf5f62-1507143815 …
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Replying to @progdoctalk
Not even their institutions are to blame. Human nature is to blame. If blacks or Asians were the ascendant race, they'd form the same kinds of institutions and behave just the same, as history has repeatedly shown.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
I thought we're talking about white people. Sure, you can replace white for Brahmins in India etc. this debate is getting too broad.
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Replying to @progdoctalk
The debate *is* broad. This is my point. To simplify it as a fairy tale about the evils of whiteness, as the left tends to do, is both false and harmful.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
It's the evil of privilege and their corrupt institutions. Generalized blaming on all sides is harmful. Is that general enough?
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Replying to @progdoctalk
Your second sentence I agree with completely, but it kind of contradicts your first, which I think is too general because privilege could mean anything. I mean, are you and I not privileged, sitting here on Twitter? Does that make us evil? Should we give up all our money?
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
I am privileged. I'm also mindful that the institutions I help create aren't evil.
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Replying to @progdoctalk
So, privilege itself is not the problem. Selfishness is the problem. Would you say that's a neat conclusion to draw?
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
No, because the unprivileged can be selfish but don't yield the same power
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But selfishness from anyone is harmful, whereas privilege from everyone is not harmful (cf. philanthropists like Bill Gates).
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