"Check your privilege" is a toxic lose-lose idea. "Share your privilege" is win-win. Personal diversity nepotism works in my experience.
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@andknf when I help someone, it's a matter of can-I-help? No need for privilege calculations. Just situational decisions.
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@andknf Deal with assholes as assholes, not as racists. Much simpler problem. Non-asshole racism not served by thought police
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@andknf Right, OR you can complain about thought police and make clear that the asshole in the room is you.
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@andknf I am fortunately armed with better anti-asshole weapons than "complain." You don't fight calling out with calling out.
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@andknf Why would you want to fight calling out in the first place? It's a losing battle that reflects poorly on you.
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@andknf like all regulation, it stifles innovation and change through competition. Let 100 expt methods to fight racism bloom.
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@andknf I don't think it slows change any more than everybody hating on white supremacists has. Social exclusion is quite effective.
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@andknf I have seen real, sincere conversational attempts get derailed by self-appointed thought police pouncing. So yes it does.
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@andknf More to the point, it's one of the tactics that's preferred by the people being marginalized and not your job to criticise.
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there you go. You just used thought policing on me, inspiring me to disengage right now as in a previous convo few months ago.
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