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>If you are a white man born in America, feeling guilt is what you’re supposed to feel I've never been a fan of the accusation that social justice uses "origin
by finnthehuman 6y ago
>If you are a white man born in America, feeling guilt is what you’re supposed to feel
I've never been a fan of the accusation that social justice uses "original sin" as an argumentative tactic, but here you are unambiguously using inherited sin.
Obviously people have a duty to live their lives honorably, but saddling someone with that kind of free floating guilt and anxiety seems like an attempt at setting them up for manipulation.
There's a theme in social justice where everything is systematic until it's people they don't like, then those people are personally morally culpable. It's like soc ail justice read a description of what it means for a social issue to be "systematic", without learning systems thinking. This lens on the issue is a way to gain insight for new systematic approaches to remedies, but instead it's been reduced to new "I'm right because I have bigger words than you" tech for pushing tired old tactics.
- taurath 6y agoThe point I was trying to make was not to feel guilt for yourself, but you SHOULD be aware of the advantages the sins of your ancestors have given you. And I would argue you have a responsibility to make up for them, in terms of righting the systemic wrongs. It was not my intent to place moral culpability here, though I understand how its easy to read that. None of that means you need to have free floating guilt and anxiety. But an awareness should naturally lend itself to wanting to help. The truth is most people aren't aware of history at all. So many believe, internally, that there is a natural order or a superiority based on the economic and social outcomes they see. The more one knows about the true level of violence even in the recent history of the US, the more outraged one should become.