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> the proponents of project are using an explicit racial justice narrative to counteract criticism of their violation of norms. Pretty easy to do when some of
by TulliusCicero 3y ago
> the proponents of project are using an explicit racial justice narrative to counteract criticism of their violation of norms.
Pretty easy to do when some of the criticism indeed sounds kinda racist. Example from the article:
> In 2022, Gordon Price, a prominent Vancouver urban planner and a former city councillor, told Gitxsan reporter Angela Sterritt, “When you’re building 30, 40-storey high rises out of concrete, there’s a big gap between that and an Indigenous way of building.”
I'm sorry, but does he expect indigenous people to only build log cabins forever or something? Maybe they should also forgo cars and buses and only use horses?
- systemstops 3y agoIt seems like he's expressing criticism over the racial narrative that this is an "indigenous way of being" building project instead of another corporate development that happens to be built on indigenous land. Obviously, no one is expecting indigenous people to use ancient building techniques that haven't been used in centuries, but the groups behind the project are making the explicit claim that the project is somehow tied to a racial identity. Criticizing their claim is perfectly reasonable.
- astrange 3y ago"Corporations" don't come from nowhere. Anyone can be a corporation, and building a building involves hiring professionals. The idea that developers are all evil space aliens comes from your unconscious memory of 80s kids movies where they were the villains.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoWhite man brought the horse over too.