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> America spent more than half its life being "racially essentialist" and most of its policies went irrationally out of their way to specifically make sure that
by zepto 5y ago
> America spent more than half its life being "racially essentialist" and most of its policies went irrationally out of their way to specifically make sure that black people and Chinese immigrants had their neighborhoods destroyed.
Doesn’t that seem like a good reason to be rid of racial essentialism?
- astrange 5y agoPerhaps, but the propaganda about “critical theories” comes from people who either don’t believe in the racist history of America or else think it’s good.
- zepto 5y agoNot in my experience. Obviously such people exist, but the generalization is just an ad hominem.
- astrange 5y agoSuch people do exist, like the governor of Florida, who just passed a rule that appears to ban teaching that Florida had slavery and said it was to stop "critical race theory" and the 1619 Project.
- zepto 5y agoYour response is a non-sequitur. Even if it was true, it doesn’t change anything about the ad-hominem I pointed out. > that appears to ban teaching that Florida had slavery Does it? Can you quote the part that bans teaching that Florida had slavery?