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Unfortunately, the term "racism" has almost completely lost its meaning. In 2020, we have a large group of people who's professional existence 100% depends on f
by john_moscow 6y ago
Unfortunately, the term "racism" has almost completely lost its meaning. In 2020, we have a large group of people who's professional existence 100% depends on finding and combating racism, as well as plugging themselves as a wealth redistribution middleman in the name of equality. It's the Cobra Effect [0] all over again. If you pay people to find racism, they will find racism, alright. They will also try to frame any criticism pointing to their own toxicity as racism, as otherwise they would risk losing their position.
I think, we need to distinguish actual racism (i.e. treating people differently based on their skin color) from criticism on specific social justice politics that are extremely inefficient, divisive, and make the problem worse in the long term.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect
- floatingatoll 6y agoReplacing "racism" with "racist speech" is indeed more accurate, though I'll leave it unedited to keep the context for your comment intact.