I’ll dig my hole, here: progressivism attached to identity politics can’t absolve either, because nobody can free themselves from wrongs associated with skin tone or gender. We don’t operate well without forgiveness/absolution; power via guilt is never stablehttps://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1028688344425717761 …
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It is a fine balance between going around in complete happy go lucky denial of the existence of bias and spending so much time with a finger in the air that you forget to breathe.
(1) Let/help people come to acceptance of who they are/where they come from/how they identify (2) Help those around you when the need is real & you’re capable (3) Encourage them to reach for the sources of meaning they’re afraid of Demo-based politics only hinders
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An overt "you belong here" (~ "demo") can help people who are not sure they do. It can make those used to being the default uncomfy since they fear wrongdoing is implied.
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Agree on (2) and (3). I've heard this on (1) that made me think: That's it's close to "not only do I feel crap for being treated unequally to my detriment, but I should now help you & make you comfortable so you have the space to grow. (F off.)" I can see how that'd be hard?
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