1/ Reflecting on my impulse to LOL rather than be concerned at spelling bee Twitter racism bit.ly/1lW3vze I reached some conclusions
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of course it does exist online. But it fails to get taken as seriously as it does offline, and that pisses off racists.
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2/ Racism arouses strong sentiments, but is fundamentally better understood as a cognitive technology rather than a moral issue
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3/ One clear phenomenon is that racism is effectively disrupted by personal relationships across race. Racism needs isolation to function.
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racism in small towns runs far deeper and is hidden and endemic. Reaches flash points in urban precisely because it is threatened.
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TNC's recent piece on reparations was great, but only on history. He failed to account for interplay of tech and society.
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Saw that before. Shows limitations of moral framing. Misses dynamic that tech-driven disruption works via economics, not morality.
my point is racism is getting erased online faster than race through ridicule, self-imposed isolation. Net gain, like urbanization.

