That's only one thing tribalism is. It comes with side effects, like encouraging interracial-conflict narratives. It is more efficient and less dangerous to pursue policies against prejudice in general than against specific tribes, because all prejudice has a common source.
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The assertion that the left created racism by talking about it is the less parsimonious option, and requires the greater proof.
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I never said the left created racism.
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But it would go away if the left stopped pointing it out?
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Nope, never said that.
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What you characterize as "encouraging interracial conflict" narratives, I characterize as "pointing out that racism exists"
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But that's not what I mean. By "encouraging racial conflict" I mean "encouraging racial conflict".
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Do they encourage it? Or just make it seem worse by making it harder to ignore?
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Both. But the net result of dividing people by race, and treating said groups differently, is indignation, stereotyping, othering, competitive victimisation, hyperpolarisation and ideological escalation.
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You're ascribing agency to perception. Does the left divide people by race or merely notice that they are already divided by race?
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Again, both. They see that there are divisions, and seek to cure this by dividing people further.
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I don't perceive that to be the case.
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I do think principle of charity could do with more liberal application. The bar for some accusations too low, stinging otherwise allies wary
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