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“ But the author doesn't seem to even touch on what those are, other than drilling into the issue being "cultural." ” The author very clearly described how: 1
by jdkee 6y ago
“ But the author doesn't seem to even touch on what those are, other than drilling into the issue being "cultural." ”
The author very clearly described how:
1. His community prized shorter term economic gains over longer term ones.
2. How he was denigrated, called a “coconut” and accused of acting white, for choosing to study and perform academically.
- badRNG 6y agoI think I wrote that sentence a bit weird, what I meant to convey was that the "cultural" reasons were the only ones drilled into. The claim that non-white cultures are inferior to white culture in some way has historically been a justification for inequality (and for colonialism, slavery, and other systems we'd likely agree are manifestly unjust.) I'm disappointed the author didn't engage with diversity advocates or their claims in a more meaningful way. He acknowledges the well-researched sociological evidence for institutional racism, and I feel like a discussion that starts there is more valuable than one that knocks down this strawman of the person who "weaponizes diversity." Though to the author's credit, the piece doesn't read like it's intended to dismantle an entire field of study, rather it seems to jump between sharing anecdotes and extrapolating widespread political solutions from those experiences.