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In America today, the concept of "a regular person that just happens not to be racist" is a right-wing stance. The current dominant cultural/political/academic
by floor2 6y ago
In America today, the concept of "a regular person that just happens not to be racist" is a right-wing stance.
The current dominant cultural/political/academic stance would suggest that all people are inherently racist and that living in the US is participating in a racist society.
The opposite of a "far-right racist" is seen constantly online and in real life as the "anti-racist" or "racial equity advocate" who, rather than supporting non-racist policies (eg, blind auditions for an orchestra where only the sound of playing is heard) they support actively "anti-racist" policies (eg, specifically including race as a consideration for who to include in an orchestra, to achieve a racially diverse outcome from auditions).
Of course, just drawing these lines is itself politically challenging. The far-left anti-racist is likely to believe that anyone saying they're not a racist is just in denial or lying. The non-racist might see contemporary policies to treat people differently on the basis of race as itself racist rather than anti-racist.