Why is this sort of lesson "f-ed up
"? No, seriously. What, specifically, is "f-ed up about it and why?
It's not as though even third graders don't start to notice differences in treatment based on race and sex.
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Replying to @gorskon
It's a dangerous direction because it moves into identity politics. The sovereignty of the individual is replaced by that of the group if travelling down that road which may well end up causing many of the problems it seeks to prevent. It is also too embedded in history - like
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Replying to @UK_Centrist
Oh, noes! "Identity politics"! You do realize, don't you, that all politics is identity politics.
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Replying to @gorskon
Some people say that, but that's a fundamental misunderstanding. In the West - broadly speaking through the Christian faith - the individual is sovereign. We do not judge an individual upon their group in the main. Indeed, doing so is classified - sensibly as racism or sexism.
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OK, I'll bite: Define "identity politics."
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