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Maybe mysterious was the wrong word. Saying the issue is "cultural" is, imo, a bit of a dog whistle. Conceptually it acts like a black box, and it evokes soluti
by RodericDay 10y ago
Maybe mysterious was the wrong word. Saying the issue is "cultural" is, imo, a bit of a dog whistle. Conceptually it acts like a black box, and it evokes solutions like "exporting our culture", and ties the bad in their society with their essence rather than their circumstances. This is why I don't like it.
I didn't mean to chastise you, I think you're one of the best posters around here. Insofar society and culture are used interchangeably, there's no issue with anything you said. Insofar "culture" is a polite way of talking about race, it can can be pretty bad.
- golergka 10y agoBut it's not a black box — it's a pretty straightforward thing. Of course, it usually has corellation with racial and ethnical groups, so critique of certain culture will always land close to racism. But also, a lot of naive racists just don't think abiut the issue enough to word it right. Racism is wrong for two very simple reasons: (1) there's no causation between person's ethnicity and moral values, as you yourself mentioned about Korea, and (2) it's something a person cannot change about himself. At the same time, both things are different for cultures.
- rayiner 10y ago> Insofar "culture" is a polite way of talking about race, it can can be pretty bad. That's true, and unfortunate.