Another argument on Facebook about whether its reasonable to blame white people for the votes Roy Moore did get. White people as a whole, that is. Their whiteness, specifically.
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This has led me to be (gently) accused of not understanding how deeply ingrained race issues are in the American South. This is probably true but these are still ideas and values.
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We can reasonably attack white supremacy but not being white. I don't know why this is so hard. The distinction between ideas and people is getting harder and harder for more and more people.
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I also still keep encountering the accusation that if I say that we shouldn't judge people based on race, gender, sexuality etc, this means that I think this isn't happening or isn't the cause of the problem.
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I said this the other day but in a different context. It feels new to me. I'm used to people thinking mistaking descriptive statements for prescriptive ones but not the other way round.
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eg: I am used to: More men than women want to do engineering. Why do you think women shouldn't do engineering?! But: We shouldn't judge people by their race. How can you not know racism exists?! seems new.
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