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Overt racists are dangerous like bears. The danger they present is obvious to anybody with sense and they're not pretending to be anything other than dangerou
by wearywanderer 5y ago
Overt racists are dangerous like bears. The danger they present is obvious to anybody with sense and they're not pretending to be anything other than dangerous.
The aforementioned "allies" are dangerous like bear-traps. Ostensibly they exist to deal with the bears. But they lay hidden in the brush ready to take off the foot of anybody who missteps, bear or otherwise. And you probably won't notice one is around until somebody steps on it.
- kelnos 5y agoFunny how you neglected to mention the harm non-overt racists cause, and how it's often difficult to detect the danger they present. I would wager there are more non-overt racists out there than counter-productive allies.
- himinlomax 5y agoThe danger they present is nil until proven otherwise.
- wearywanderer 5y ago> Funny how you neglected to mention the harm non-overt racist [...] Funny how you're taking this gripe up with me, not the commenters above mine to whom I am responding. I did not set the scope of this branch of conversation, yet you insinuate I am responsible for it. Buzz off.
- furgooswft13 5y agoI guess the prudent thing is to burn all the witches then.
- inglor_cz 5y agoOne of the principles of medicine is that the cure should not be worse than the disease. At some level of activism, the remaining non-overt racists will be less harmful than the obsession to root them out. Companies already pay a ton of money for sensitivity and diversity trainings that either do not work or even worsen the atmosphere of the workplace. This money could have been used for a better purpose than lining already fat pockets of Robin diAngelo and her peers.
- vmception 5y agoThis matches my experience
- Nicksil 5y ago>The aforementioned "allies" are dangerous like bear-traps. Ostensibly they exist to deal with the bears. But they lay hidden in the brush ready to take off the foot of anybody who missteps, bear or otherwise. And you probably won't notice one is around until somebody steps on it. This is an apt analogy.