6/ So in terms of capacity to disrupt racism as cognitive technology, online = between town and country. BUT a lot more room, so net plus.
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@vgr if anything, the capacity to adopt hip, unracist stances has a substitution effect on structures that get depoliticized. -
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@vgr … Sure racist _sentiments_ may wane, but that says little about racist structures— cf. an increasingly segregated public school system. - End of conversation
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@vgr (witness the de-politicization of ‘inequality’ from class warfare to system dynamics)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr it seems to me that as power has become less corporeal but not less intense, so will psychosocial proxies of power (e.g. racism) …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr, people will find some other ism to differentiate themselves. Your thesis may not lead to complete elimination.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr,Racism may die but some other ism will rise. isms have to change with time.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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