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> To expand upon that a bit, one deeply held belief is that Racism is wrong, not just morally but factually, that we are all exactly equal in nature. I’m not s
by Cornbilly 2y ago
> To expand upon that a bit, one deeply held belief is that Racism is wrong, not just morally but factually, that we are all exactly equal in nature.
I’m not sure how “racism is bad” requires the idea that “we are all equal by nature”.
“Racism is bad” means that the law should treat us equally and that you should not treat people differently based solely on their skin color.
- Slava_Propanei 2y ago[dead]
- ANewFormation 2y agoYou're referring to the normal and reasonable view, but I think most are targeting this weird new(ish) concept, heavily intertwined into politics, that any and all differences between groups are due to biases or other environmental factors. So if you see that e.g. one group is lagging behind in math then that is taken at face value as evidence that 'math is racist.' A search for that exact phrase will turn up a million hits, pushed by some very big entities, if you want to go down this rabbit hole. But if you don't already know about this stuff - just don't. The amount of stupidity and transparent divide+conquer politics in it all is just nauseating. On the other hand it does have contemporary relevance as a lot of the funding for this stuff is being scrapped, and it's nice to understand what we're 'losing.'
- Cornbilly 2y agoI’ve read a few of those “math is racist” takes and I feel a lot of them make decent points about why math education is lacking in the US. But the ties to racism do seem inane and more to do with outrage culture becoming the norm after the social media explosion. It’s unfortunate.