Did Pinker really say we shouldn't critically examine the claim that centuries of racism and sexism seem to have imprinted themselves into our institutions on a structural level? Seems very unlikely.https://twitter.com/clarkjosephf/status/967864924809637895 …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
The enlightenment attitude should be to look hard at issues, but then decide based on reason, not emotion. At least speaking for myself, if there is evidence of structural inequalities - and evidence of interventions that can help - then I am all about it. Modern way to be
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Replying to @MarkDForman @HPluckrose
As far as identity politics and social justice issues go, if we have numbers that show that African Americans are more likely to be shot or arrested by cops, plus empirical evidence (videos) then would this count as a "modern" analysis to you?
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Replying to @BarryLyndon34 @HPluckrose
Personally, I'd be shocked if there was simply nothing to all postmodernist claims of social justice - it's quite a list of issues. That'd be a feat, 100% error. On the other hand, their means are often abhorrent and they don't care for analysis.
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The biggest problem with pomo is its definitions of power. They're not just a little bit inaccurate. They're substantially so. That's where the distortion comes in.
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Replying to @beyondyesandno @MarkDForman and
I hardly see any social justice arguments that address the Ferguson Effect or Thomas Sowell's various claims about how blacks self-victimise.
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Claims about how black self-victimize gives credit to the postmodern analysis of psychology, as those claims are completely non-falsifiable and contrary to what we know.
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If they are, it is. I'd hope anyone claiming such a thing has evidence for it.
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Helen, I was responding to the other poster, and I forget that you are tagged in this. I will untag you and spare you where this conversation is probably going!
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