Still trying to imagine what terms might exist which would make integration anything other than the best of a set of bad options.
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Like, obviously integration >> segregation as subjugation. But still, as actually practiced in America in 2017 integration has been FULL of pitfalls, both for those allowed to integrate and those kept outside.
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And to the extent that material circumstances determine, let’s say, a probability curve of ideology, I wonder if it is ever possible to create a cohesive, unitary worldview with white folks until and unless our circumstances and interests converge.
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And like... I would be fine if the whole world was Columbia undergrad where there are spaces that are dominated by particular racial/ethnic/cultural groups, but multicultural respect contextualized by history is a relatively absolute requirement for everybody.
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But a) I don’t think that would work for all black folks, and b) I can’t imagine us as a nation ever getting that far even as a nationwide consensus. And anything short of that to me is unacceptable (and even that is problematic.)
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