Except that it was the least racially/culturally biased meritocracy in US history. So empathy increased with exposure...
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along lines of race and culture. How do people keep zooming past that part in favor of oh woe is the white working class?
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this big bad meritocracy morally justified itself (and continues to do so) by being the least guilty of America's original sin
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which is racism. And yes the costal elite meritocracy is still VERY racist, but it's been the driving force behind big, real
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improvements for POC. And nobody wants to deal with how the so-called costal elites really are less racist, in effect anyway.
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but want to make a moral argument that the big bad front row shames and shuns the poor left behind back row.
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if we learned anything from 2016, it SHOULD have been that a narrative that invalidates experiences of ANY chunk of citizens
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is a narrative that is very, very vulnerable to disruption and destruction. Why rely on the lazy argument?
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where's the nuanced argument to say "front row has generally behaved less racist and less bigoted bc they actually know ppl"
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"but just because front row was WAY right on one issue doesn't mean it can't be dangerously wrong on others." You need both.
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