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Usually the beliefs being excluded are things like "white people are superior to all others", "there is no reason for the English language to have different wor
by chowells 4y ago
Usually the beliefs being excluded are things like "white people are superior to all others", "there is no reason for the English language to have different words for sex and gender", or "it's acceptable to use terms for immutable characteristics as insults", etc.
And let's be honest - those ideas are excluded in the name of inclusivity. If you interpret "inclusivity" as meaning "accepts everything", you end up at a paradox quite quickly. It's the paradox of tolerance, yet again. And its cause is the same thing: misunderstanding the goals based on a naive reading of the name.
Inclusivity isn't about including absolutely everything. It's about maximizing the variety present. And doing that does have the cost of rejecting people who drive others away.
- adaml_623 4y ago"maximizing the variety present." is new to me. Is this a common idea?
- chowells 4y agoIt's the idea underlying any kind of "diversity" effort. Nevermind that most of those get heavily corrupted into some form red tape box-checking or internal power struggle rapidly. People will be people, no matter what they say they're doing. But that's where it started.
- junofan 4y agoWhy’s it only popping up where there’s power to be had or money to be made? Why don’t we need to maximize the variety present in kindergarten teachers?