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Madness has driven us to this point, where instead of being colorblind we assign importance to race in every single thing that happens. Ironically those who spe
by lbj 5y ago
Madness has driven us to this point, where instead of being colorblind we assign importance to race in every single thing that happens. Ironically those who spend their days and nights fighting racism have become the ultimate racists - As Nietzsche predicted they would long ago.
- jollybean 5y agoOk - we are definitely at a 'bad point' wherein we intersectionalize everything ... but this is not an example of that. This is classical stuff: 'the other group is getting the disease, so we should worry less about it' has probably held true since time immemorial. This is just a study, I don't think it's even 'anti racism' really it's just about studying awareness. By 'woke flinching' (i.e. assuming malign orientation by those promoting progressive issues) on every issue, than we can fall into the cynical trap and just ignore material issues, which is bad. This study is fine.
- sonotathrowaway 5y agoThis is nonsensical. Caring about disparate mortality rates doesn’t make you the “ultimate racist”, and trying to frame white Americans attitudes as the fault of people willing to speak about the issues they see is just a cynical attempt at trying to justify their preexisting prejudices.