This essay annoys me to no end. | The outrage directed against Bari Weiss is the latest illustration of a culture that undermines the causes it seeks to advance, writes @conor64:https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/what-good-can-come-of-callout-culture/553661/?utm_source=twb …
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#tonepolicing and#respectabilitypolitics at its finest: it appears to matter less that Bari Weiss perpetuated the Perpetual Foreigner stereotype than that those who pointed it out might have been less-than-super-duper-nice.9 replies 5 retweets 39 likesShow this thread -
This makes the point NOT that Weiss' tweet was racially obtuse at best, and more that some Asian Americans didn't bend over backwards to treat Weiss with kit gloves while making that point. What a way to center Weiss' emotions over the emotions of those she hurt.
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