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People also don't like change, especially when it seems nonsensical. In your specific case I could see some friction against the term "Dean" as it has a connota
by chrismcb 5y ago
People also don't like change, especially when it seems nonsensical. In your specific case I could see some friction against the term "Dean" as it has a connotation that might but apply here.
When I was in University they changed the logo. There was a huge uproar. Mainly it didn't make much sense. If course, now, decades later I love it.
But just because people don't want to change doesn't always mean racism is involved.
- jrm4 5y agoRight -- but of course you're bringing up the HUGER issue of "what is racism?" - where the binary of "racist" or "not racist" is hugely deficient and frequently unhelpful. The easiest way I can think to explain it: e.g. Any white person who openly calls me the n-word is very likely a harmless loser to me. More likely to harm me and others; a more powerful person who's intelligent enough not to use it, but may wield language strategically, like perhaps while trying to get elected, denigrates the black opponent by saying "let's not monkey this up." That person might actually like black people, and was being strategic to get racists votes through the dog-whistle, since they have plausible deniability. The second guy feels "less racist," right? BUT HE'S MUCH WORSE THAN THE FIRST GUY in my opinion.