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It looks to me that people have lost their minds - they have turned anti racism into clear and pure racism. This is also how we should call people like Robin B

It looks to me that people have lost their minds - they have turned anti racism into clear and pure racism. This is also how we should call people like Robin Broshi - racist.

readarticle 6y ago
Anti-racism is a contested concept that well-meaning people define and practice differently. Folks who have different ideas about how to combat racism should engage one another. They might even attempt a reciprocal book exchange, in which everyone works to understand how others see the world.
optimiz3 6y ago
It's the whole equality of opportunity vs equality of outcome argument all over.
BlueScreenDeath 6y ago
Yep, Robin Broshi is an absolute racist yelling about how others are racist. Western white women are going full bat shit insane.
happytoexplain 6y ago
Frankly I think neither "side" in most of these arguments is clearly and consistently racist (though obviously racism is a huge problem in society regardless of these arguments), and both "sides" tend to jump to accusations of racism too quickly. I'm not putting forward a "both sides are just as bad" argument - far from it - but I'm not making that distinction right now. What I am saying is that, in cases where I do see one or both sides of one of these arguments behaving irrationally, it is almost always a too-quick jump to accusations of racism, rather than the inverse problem: Actually being racist. However, despite this being a "both sides" problem, what I think happens is that when somebody on the "anti-racism side" (or "pro-diversity side" or whatever) ends up doing something apparently racist (usually against whites), it's much more dramatic because of the opportunity to point at hypocrisy, and therefore "counts" more against them than if the other side of that argument had committed some equivalent racism against a non-white.
- nojokes 6y ago
  Robin Broshi is a special kind of racist. Perhaps even Racist with capital R. When I see two people sitting, she sees two people of different skin color sitting. Then she creates some construction to justify her racism.

It looks to me that people have lost their minds - they have turned anti racism into clear and pure racism. This is also how we should call people like Robin Broshi - racist.

readarticle 6y ago

Anti-racism is a contested concept that well-meaning people define and practice differently. Folks who have different ideas about how to combat racism should engage one another. They might even attempt a reciprocal book exchange, in which everyone works to understand how others see the world.

optimiz3 6y ago

It's the whole equality of opportunity vs equality of outcome argument all over.

BlueScreenDeath 6y ago

Yep, Robin Broshi is an absolute racist yelling about how others are racist. Western white women are going full bat shit insane.

happytoexplain 6y ago

Frankly I think neither "side" in most of these arguments is clearly and consistently racist (though obviously racism is a huge problem in society regardless of these arguments), and both "sides" tend to jump to accusations of racism too quickly. I'm not putting forward a "both sides are just as bad" argument - far from it - but I'm not making that distinction right now. What I am saying is that, in cases where I do see one or both sides of one of these arguments behaving irrationally, it is almost always a too-quick jump to accusations of racism, rather than the inverse problem: Actually being racist. However, despite this being a "both sides" problem, what I think happens is that when somebody on the "anti-racism side" (or "pro-diversity side" or whatever) ends up doing something apparently racist (usually against whites), it's much more dramatic because of the opportunity to point at hypocrisy, and therefore "counts" more against them than if the other side of that argument had committed some equivalent racism against a non-white.

nojokes 6y ago
Robin Broshi is a special kind of racist. Perhaps even Racist with capital R. When I see two people sitting, she sees two people of different skin color sitting. Then she creates some construction to justify her racism.