My third grade teacher explained racism to us as "people shouldn't be treated differently based on the color of their skin", which I thought made a lot of sense. I don't know if the current definition of racism, full as it is of epicycles, is explainable at all to a third grader.
-
-
Show this thread
-
The extremely fast-changing structure of taboos and correct lines of thinking around race has become its own highly effective form of elite gatekeeping. It takes years to master and part of the conceit is that all the complexity should be obvious to any right-thinking person
Show this thread -
If you believe the one hypostasis of Christ is both divine and human then you are correct, but if you assert the monophysite homoousion of the Divine nature while denying its hypostasic consubstantiality, then you are evil. And asking questions about it is a sign of bad faith.
Show this thread -
Personally I'd get a kick out of a Harvard that just admitted off of a very difficult entrance exam and had maybe three American-born students in every incoming class.
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
Notice that in your answer you posit a kind of x-ray vision that can see racist intent, which goes to the root of the thing people like me find exasperating.
- Show replies
-
-
-
Timescale matters.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
the word has become socially cringe but the power structures remain so they simply selected a new word.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Because it describes when a racially-tinged institution becomes conscious of its racist nature and attempts redress.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.