Also, nobody says 'reverse racism' except the people claiming it doesn't exist. People who think it does just say 'racism.' https://twitter.com/OmanReagan/status/900492492281217024 …
We might differ on its usefulness. I'd like intersectional ideas incorporated into a liberalism which values shared humanity & individuality
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Crenshaw gave a talk about the corruption of the definition of intersectionality recently, and you've reminded me to go look for it.
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I saw it. But the foundational essays were pretty bad.
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I haven't read them, but I understand the basic ideas. When I hear how awful intersectionality is I wonder what definition is being used 1/-
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I've spent 2yrs reading about the intersection between class & race in the US. So am I supposed to give up? Ignore it? 2/3
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That's up to you. Sunk-cost fallacy isn't a good reason to keep using it but that doesn't mean there isn't one.
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There is a good reason. Data. But before we get to discussing that it's rejected by many because intersectional. Which is bad.
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Data isn't intersectional.
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I'm not saying it is. It's data. I get a different picture if I look at general employment data vs race specific data for example.
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