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In the case of Racism and Anti-Racism there are some aspects of Anti-Racism that is akin to fashion in how they change over time - https://medium.com/luminastic
by bryanrasmussen 2y ago
In the case of Racism and Anti-Racism there are some aspects of Anti-Racism that is akin to fashion in how they change over time - https://medium.com/luminasticity/racism-racism-and-its-modes-54b771a67d24 https://medium.com/luminasticity/racism-racism-and-its-modes...
so books that when published were Anti-Racist, like To Kill A Mockingbird, can now be banned in places due to charges of Racism.
- graemep 2y ago> so books that when published were Anti-Racist, like To Kill A Mockingbird, can now be banned in places due to charges of Racism. What that shows is that some people are incapable of understanding anything from outside their own cultural context - they cannot understand the past or other cultures. This is a common problem with anything from the Bible to a contemporary work by a foreigner. Racism is, like race, a cultural construct. It is not the same thing over time or in different places. I have my own take on that, mostly from my own experience: https://pietersz.co.uk/2023/08/racism-culture-different https://pietersz.co.uk/2023/08/racism-culture-different