There should be different words for "one who probably benefits from unfair systems" and "one who wants to preserve unfair systems."
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Replying to @Noahpinion
But a third word for "one who perpetuates unfair systems, meaning to or not." Which is what it means here.
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Replying to @csilverandgold
Sure. The problem (IMO) is that we've tried to use one word to describe all these different things, and it's just counterproductive.
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Replying to @Noahpinion
The short counterargument, which also would take a longer response to really explain...
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Is that the purpose of social justice discourse is as much to reflect the worldview/experiences of oppressed people as it is to educate...
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Replying to @csilverandgold @Noahpinion
Privileged people. Probably more the former than the latter. And I think the former is a worthy goal in and of itself.
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Replying to @csilverandgold
I love understanding other people's worldview. It's one of the things I live for, actually. But...this isn't the way to accomplish that.
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Replying to @Noahpinion
But what I'm saying is, you understanding isn't the point, or not the only point. I mean it's a very literary theory argument...
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Replying to @csilverandgold @Noahpinion
But isn't it nice to have language that reflects your reality? Isn't that good and useful in and of itself?
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Replying to @csilverandgold
I believe language exists for the purposes of communication *between* people. If it's not doing that, it's not working.
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Okay, a practical example of what I'm talking about: I've spent a lot of this twitter-conversation (and a lot of MANY convos I have in life)
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Replying to @csilverandgold @Noahpinion
Thinking, "how can I phrase this in a way that won't scare off this white man?" That's been a constant of anti-racist work for a LONG time.
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Wouldn't it be nice if we had a paradigm where black folks could share their experiences WITHOUT spending our energy finding ways...
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