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"White power" is a phrase used to enshrine social inequality and promote violence against minorities. "Black power" is a phrase used to stand against social in
by MereInterest 6y ago
"White power" is a phrase used to enshrine social inequality and promote violence against minorities. "Black power" is a phrase used to stand against social inequality and to resist that violence. These are not equivalent terms. One is the rallying call of violent aggression and pogroms, while the other is a defense against that. Painting the two phrases as equivalent ignores the social context behind each of them.
- frob 6y agoIt's times like these that remind me of my very favorite Bill Buckley quote: "That is like saying that the man who pushes a little old lady into the path of a bus is morally equivalent to the man who pushes her out of its path, because they both push little old ladies around." I may disagree with the guy in many ways, but that's a fine quote.