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Whether some word 'evokes' a 'racist past' is really up to the person hearing it. Unfortunately we've created a system where power flows to those who express th

Whether some word 'evokes' a 'racist past' is really up to the person hearing it. Unfortunately we've created a system where power flows to those who express the most psychic pain. Well, if you reward something you get more of it - pain included. Also 'scientists' -> 'activists' 'offensive names' -> 'names called offensive by some'

LeonB 6y ago
Between ‘wealth’ and ‘psychic pain’ I’d say wealth is the better proxy for measuring power. Do the two correlate?
- jlawson 6y ago
  Not psychic pain. Expressions of psychic pain. And yes, they do correlate very strongly. How often do you hear expressions of psychic pain actually coming from America's vast poor white population why are dying daily from opioid overdoses? I never do. I hear complaints from university students who want safe space rooms with puppies to help them deal with the harmful opinions they just heard.
  - LeonB 6y ago
    Poverty in America is a terrible problem but bringing that into this discussion is a derailing tactic (at best). Class inequality is a very widely reported issue with US society. From the little I’ve read white people are not uniquely targeted by opioids and in some stats fare better than other groups. https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/opioids/data/racedisparity.html https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/opioids/data/race... Please retire the use of “whattaboutism”. It’s been done.
elcomet 6y ago
I mean, it depends. Naming your product "Hitler" would not go well, for a reason. We should avoid names that will obviously harm a lot of people when we can.
- new2628 6y ago
  Aside from the fact that nobody is trying to use that name for anything, you shifted from "not go well" to "obviously harm" quite quickly. Whether it is one or the other makes all the difference.
tasubotadas 6y ago
IMO, the person seems to be racist and prejudiced. Like: >“Being the only Black person out in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of white people talking about noosing things is unsettling,” What does she think her colleagues are? If they are _that evil_ why does she work with them?

LeonB 6y ago

Between ‘wealth’ and ‘psychic pain’ I’d say wealth is the better proxy for measuring power. Do the two correlate?

jlawson 6y ago
Not psychic pain. Expressions of psychic pain. And yes, they do correlate very strongly. How often do you hear expressions of psychic pain actually coming from America's vast poor white population why are dying daily from opioid overdoses? I never do. I hear complaints from university students who want safe space rooms with puppies to help them deal with the harmful opinions they just heard.
- LeonB 6y ago
  Poverty in America is a terrible problem but bringing that into this discussion is a derailing tactic (at best). Class inequality is a very widely reported issue with US society. From the little I’ve read white people are not uniquely targeted by opioids and in some stats fare better than other groups. https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/opioids/data/racedisparity.html https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/opioids/data/race... Please retire the use of “whattaboutism”. It’s been done.

elcomet 6y ago

I mean, it depends. Naming your product "Hitler" would not go well, for a reason. We should avoid names that will obviously harm a lot of people when we can.

new2628 6y ago
Aside from the fact that nobody is trying to use that name for anything, you shifted from "not go well" to "obviously harm" quite quickly. Whether it is one or the other makes all the difference.

tasubotadas 6y ago

IMO, the person seems to be racist and prejudiced. Like: >“Being the only Black person out in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of white people talking about noosing things is unsettling,” What does she think her colleagues are? If they are _that evil_ why does she work with them?