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Historical racism is largely interpreted today as hate directed towards minority groups. Very roughly: people were racist because they hated X or Y, that was so
by skippyboxedhero 4y ago
Historical racism is largely interpreted today as hate directed towards minority groups. Very roughly: people were racist because they hated X or Y, that was some defect in their personality, some individual reason, mental illness, etc.
But it was also a function of group dynamics and attempting to preserve cohesion (perhaps more commonly, I think actively hating people you don't know has always been regarded as odd). Outsiders were discriminated against in order to maintain the values of the group (ignoring for a second whether these values were good or bad).
And this kind of collective thinking is something that is more typical of the left. So you are seeing more and more of this reverse discrimination. And will continue to do so because this instinct towards group cohesion is overwhelming.
You also see this outside the US with left-wing nationalist groups. I think there a tacit assumption today that left-wing and nationalism cannot go together. But nationalism has often been a key source of group cohesion for left-wing movements, and that has (unfortunately) often been defined exclusively.
To say this another way: this has to end up with more discrimination. Everything that you do as an adult today is set against your record of "privilege". Why do people pretend to be poor? Why do people pretend to be a different race? And the people doing this are apparently privileged ones? It makes no sense.
- prox 4y agoI have been going over the article and the comments a couple of times now. And it makes no sense to me at all. So with some distance from this subject, it’s seems by reading the comments to be a very polarized issue with lots of emotional reactivity attached to it (and calling out the “other side”) I have no idea what DEI is (not the acronym, the movement behind it) and what it’s cultural setting is, and if it is different from other systems or movements that promote equality. I would love to see a neutral toned third party observer insight into the mechanics of this topic.
- crackercrews 4y agoWhere are you based that you aren't familiar with the DEI movement? What do you do? I mean no offense and am just curious. > if it is different from other systems or movements that promote equality. DEI promotes equity, not equality. As Kamala Harris said, equity means "we all end up at the same place". It is a pipe dream that people will achieve equity in all regards. This mindset is applied unevenly to areas where DEI proponents want to hold back the high achievers. There is no push for height equity in the NBA.
- jcampbell1 4y agoA height capped NBA would be interesting. No more than 30 feet of people on the court. Funny thought exercise.
- skippyboxedhero 4y agoI saw this in Russia, basketball league for dwarves, it was funny for like the first 5 minutes and then...it was just sad, the angles were just all wrong.