Yes. Not explicitly but in effect, yes. Also, anti-racist goals were sexist. The argument is that when people spoke of 'women' they meant white women and when they spoke of 'blacks' they meant men. The unique problems of black women were getting missed.
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Yes, we need to be able to see the problem. It can't be perceptual. 'You just congratulated me on my eloquence because you didn't think a black person could speak properly.' Maybe that is true. Maybe it isn't. Creating eggshells doesn't help.
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We had that ludicrous situation where in the same week someone proposed that everyone make an effort to cite more WoC in academic papers and someone else called it appropriation when a white woman quoted Beyoncé admiringly.
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It needs to be not only possible not to be racist or sexist but relatively easy. If it is difficult or impossible for a man not to be sexist or a white person not to be racist, very many will stop trying.
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But that wasn't you being racist. It was you not realising something. And if you hadn't realised, he could have said to you that often taxis don't stop for black men. Then you could have thanked him, maybe asked questions to understand better & gone on enjoying your day together.
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The recognition & removal of negative heuristics faced by certain ID groups is a worthy goal. Unfortunately, resentment (from repeated frustration which is understandable) led to creating neg heuristics against oppressor groups. Downward spiral of mistrust and diffusion of blame
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