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There is a school of thought that specifically decries being "color blind" as complicity in oppression.
by nerdponx 4y ago
There is a school of thought that specifically decries being "color blind" as complicity in oppression.
- bequanna 4y agoThose sound like the same people who would like to make “micro aggressions” illegal.
- 627467 4y agoThere's school of thoughts on many (infinite?) things.
- nerdponx 4y agoBut only a few of them have taken hold over institutional decision makers.
- annexrichmond 4y agoLol being “color blind” went from being championed to deemed racist itself so quickly in the US
- nathanaldensr 4y agoThat's because it's not--and never was--about any kind of logical, rational argument. There is only people seeking power, looking to exploit any historical injustice, differences between people, and institutional behavior to gain power over others.
- 7sidedmarble 4y agoSo you're saying these things exist because the ruling class, which is already in power, uses them to... make sure they remain even more in power?
- nerdponx 4y agoThe US is a diverse place, and these ideas date back to the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.
- slowmovintarget 4y agoAnd that is the school of thought that requires there to never be progress. If society is actually colorblind, racism disappears because everyone gets treated the same. There would be no more boogeyman to point to. It would mean that if some still lagged behind, for whatever the reason, and whatever they may look like, that it is actually their fault. That's silly, of course, because oppression comes in more dimensions that just race. But race is the key to the game plan for people in that "school." There can be no new dominance hierarchy with colorblindness. Those claiming colorblindness as oppression, are merely those seeking to invert the oppression and get their turn. I once read someone express it as "rather than trying to do away with the jackboots once and for all, they're trying the jackboots on for size themselves."