3/For example, suppose you say that "racism" means benefiting from a system that has oppressed black people. Well, then yeah.
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4/If you define "racism" that way, then since all white people have the option of benefiting from that system, all white people are racist.
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5/However, is this practical? Is this useful? I worry that this definition of "racist" is highly counterproductive.
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6/Most human beings are pretty good people. Therefore, most white people are pretty good people.
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7/If all white people are "racist", then that means you can be "racist" and still be a wonderful person.
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8/Do we want a definition of "racist" that allows you to be a great person and still be a racist? That carries no individual sanction?
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9/If "racist" just becomes a word for "white", then every white person will just shrug and say "Yep, sure I'm a racist, look at my skin!".
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10/The moral power of the word "racist" came from its power to shame people over their individual actions. Should we give up that power?
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11/I don't agree with everything in this Federalist article, but I think it gets at the issue I'm talking about:http://thefederalist.com/2016/11/14/election-marks-end-americas-racial-detente/ …
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12/More broadly, this issue gets at a problem I've been worrying about recently: the loss of the Left's moral power in America.
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