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The thing is, you're not exactly ending segregation here. What I see is an ever-shifting goalpost of harmless aphorisms that are newly considered 'offensive' b
by free_rms 6y ago
The thing is, you're not exactly ending segregation here.
What I see is an ever-shifting goalpost of harmless aphorisms that are newly considered 'offensive' by a bunch of upper-class people. What does that do for George Floyd's family, exactly? Did it prevent Jacob Blake from being shot in the back a few months later?
If you want to embrace critical theory, you should include the critical theorists in the analysis -- what's their power incentive? What do they stand to gain? Let's not just assume they're saints but everyone else needs an inquisition.
- klmadfejno 6y agoThere's a good chance, I would think, that the black lives matter movement and changing social dialogue improves race relations in the future.