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Isn't a rule that says people of one skin color are not allowed to have a voice in and of itself such a power structure?
by defertoreptar 7y ago
Isn't a rule that says people of one skin color are not allowed to have a voice in and of itself such a power structure?
- peterwwillis 7y agoIt doesn't dominate the other, it makes room so that one side can be heard. Look at it like kids on a playground. If there are a bunch of bullies picking on little kids, and you tell the bullies that for an hour a day, they aren't allowed to go near the little kids, is that a power structure set up to dominate the bullies? No; the little kids just needed a break! The bullies still have their power the rest of the time (and you haven't actually taken away anything from the bullies but their ability to bully; they can go about their lives as normal everywhere else) Everyone keeps getting hung up on "there's a rule about skin color!" Yeah, there is, as a response to constant systemic racism forcing marginalized people to find a safe space. Turns out the world is complex.
- mistermann 7y ago> Turns out the world is complex. Indeed it is. Can you make a solid case that your claim that "constant systemic racism forcing marginalized people to find a safe space" is as conclusively true in the real world as your simplistic imaginary playground example? If your case is indeed valid, facts should suffice should they not?
- mistermann 7y agoI will take the downvote without reply as a "no" to both my questions. The interesting thing about such interactions is I suspect your mind remains as ever confident as before....you can't articulate a logical defense of your beliefs, yet this fact has absolutely no bearing on the strength of the belief.