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I would very much like to know for sure which of my co-workers are willing to defend racist points of view
by hooande 6y ago
I would very much like to know for sure which of my co-workers are willing to defend racist points of view
- etrabroline 6y agoi would very much like to not be your coworker
- DoofusOfDeath 6y agoApologies if I'm misunderstanding, but I think you're saying that you'd condemn them for admitting to hold that viewpoint. I think many of us would as well. It seems to me a downside to that approach, though, is that we'd never learn why they had those views, and probably never get a chance to reason with them about why they should believe otherwise. Perhaps I'm too optimistic about the possibility of talking things out. It's hard to tell.
- hooande 6y agoI think the problem with your approach is that no sane person would publicly defend racism. Because they would be outing themselves as a racist to all of their co-workers. I believe that I understand very well WHY people have racist points of view. Racists are incredibly common and their motivations and beliefs aren't a mystery. I'm not sure what you would hope to change by talking things out. Prejudice is by definition irrational, because it involves pre-judging. You can't really reason with someone about an irrational belief.
- gdyuytgh 6y agoMost of your co-workers hold at least some "racist" views. It's a really wild assumption that even one intelligent person has such a sterilized mindset that would make the most radical activists happy. For lulz, you could list here ten pints that you deem racist and we could answer with numbers.
- afiori 6y agoTo me this sounds like you a saying "if you have a different approach than mine to solving this problem then you are part of the problem". clearly your statement is appropriate in some cases but here is just strawmanning the position of many people that criticize many ineffective efforts.