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But 2) I think we totally misunderstand this language if we see it solely as a "shaming" tactic for changing white ppl's behavior.

I think if the goal is to point out that people benefit from unfair systems, calling them "demons" is guaranteed to be misunderstood.

This deserves a much much longer response, but I basically feel that the term "racist" has been allowed to mean too many different things.

There should be different words for "one who probably benefits from unfair systems" and "one who wants to preserve unfair systems."

But a third word for "one who perpetuates unfair systems, meaning to or not." Which is what it means here.

Sure. The problem (IMO) is that we've tried to use one word to describe all these different things, and it's just counterproductive.

The short counterargument, which also would take a longer response to really explain...

Is that the purpose of social justice discourse is as much to reflect the worldview/experiences of oppressed people as it is to educate...