Historian in the year 2138: Fascism arose in America in the early 21st century. At first the American Right weren't going to do fascism, but everyone was pretty mean to them and called them fascists, and they were like "fine we'll just be fascists then, assholes." So they did.
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Replying to @existentialcoms
You're mocking this, but there's a real psychological truth here, that most people are not that far from racist in their tribalism and prejudice. With a few nudges (like you call them racist anyway, so that threat is disarmed) IMHO the balance can shift dangerously. Dunno answer
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Replying to @sandhawke @existentialcoms
Calling out racism does not create racism, anymore than detecting tremors causes a volcano to explode. Dormant is still dangerous. Its always better to know you live near a volcano than to not know.
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Replying to @eunarthabossamy @existentialcoms
It sounds like you think people are 100% racist or 0% racist. I doubt that's the the case.
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I think America is full of people who are, shall we say, 20% racist. They'll favor the resume of the person they think is white and be slightly unhappy their kid has a black school teacher. I think experience and peer pressure can shift them in either direction.
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Replying to @sandhawke @existentialcoms
In the meantime the people of color on the other side of those resumes are 100% affected by being ignored. The workplace will be 100% impacted by being disproportionately white. It simply isnt useful to decide HOW racist they are when the outcomes are 100/100 bad for POC.
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Also, the "not knowing any better" excuse for racism is bullshit in the age of Trump. Everybody knows better. Everybody can see with their own eyes what's at stake here. Inaction against racism is 100% helpful to racists.
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Replying to @eunarthabossamy @existentialcoms
Have you ever seen someone who generally seemed fine but once in a rare while did something that struck you as racist or potentially racist? How do you interpret that?
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How do you know what a "racist act" is? Isn't the question entirely about the person's motivation for the act? Many actions are assumed to be racist even though nobody knows the true motivations of the actor.
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