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Hmm, maybe this is a matter of vocabulary. Are you including supporting policies with unintentionally disproportionate impact in your definition of racism? If
by captainredbeard 8y ago
Hmm, maybe this is a matter of vocabulary. Are you including supporting policies with unintentionally disproportionate impact in your definition of racism?
If so, you're going to find a lot of misunderstanding with conservatives when discussing the topic.
- rexpop 8y agoThe entire conservative cohort pleads ignorance across the board, from denying human-caused climate change, to denying human-caused segregation and poverty. If I did not include allegedly unintentionally racist impacts in my analysis of conservative policy, I'd be granting them the benefit of the doubt on which they, in bad faith, rely. Plausible deniability is, perhaps, the second tenant of conservatism. Ostensibly unintended consequences cannot be, after a millennium of this charade, left unattributed.
- captainredbeard 8y agoIf you are unable or unwilling to extend civility and assumption of common good intent to a negotiating partner, a successful outcome is unlikely.