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> There is nothing "anachronistic" about pointing out the clear, well-evidenced facts about the racism that is demonstrably being perpetuated today. You were c

by worik 1y ago

> There is nothing "anachronistic" about pointing out the clear, well-evidenced facts about the racism that is demonstrably being perpetuated today. You were cherry picking I am a long way from the Americas (New Zealand), so I know little of the racism in the USA But here the realisation that our dominant paradigms were based on racist and sexist assumptions has lead to an enormous flowering of culture. Don't knock it, it has made social conditions much better especially for young people (as economic conditions got much worse) From this distance it looks to me that racism in particular and bigotry and prejudice in general in the USA are deeply entrenched and backed by violent fanatics on all sides. The reactionary bigots appear to have the upper hand for now, but it looks like it will not hold I hope the USA can avoid the sort of violent conflicts of the 1860s, not looking good

zahlman 1y ago
> I am a long way from the Americas (New Zealand), so I know little of the racism in the USA Then how can you assert > You were cherry picking with any confidence? The ideology I refer to is all over the place. I am constantly finding new examples. > here the realisation that our dominant paradigms were based on racist and sexist assumptions I don't think they actually were. > The reactionary bigots appear to have the upper hand for now In my experience, the large majority of people accused of being "reactionary bigots" around here are quite simply nothing of the sort.
- worik 1y ago
  >> our dominant paradigms were based on racist and sexist assumptions > I don't think they actually were. Open a book! The dscovery doctrine In the USA there is westward expansion, both genocidal and racist Women have only been entitled to equal pay since the 1970s in most places Indigenous Australians were only considered fully people in the 1960s Most European countries restricted the rights of Jews until mid nineteenth century (or worse) The Tasmainian genocide In New Zealand the invasion of the Waikato Canadian Christian schools In New Zealand Māori were denied university education from about 1880 until the 1970s (a very few snuck through, some pretending they were foreign) It was legal to rape your wife until very recently When a woman married she had to resign her job (my grandmother) Until the 1960s in NZ a married woman needed her husband's permission for a bank loan On and on, from my memory banks. I am no historian nor sociologist so I may have buzzed some details, but you should get the point. The West's dominant paradigms are historically deeply racist and sexist. More generally it is prejudice and bigotry Whatever, you should see why DEI, even if it has become a box ticking farce, it has deep roots in desperate need

by worik 1y ago

zahlman 1y ago

> I am a long way from the Americas (New Zealand), so I know little of the racism in the USA Then how can you assert > You were cherry picking with any confidence? The ideology I refer to is all over the place. I am constantly finding new examples. > here the realisation that our dominant paradigms were based on racist and sexist assumptions I don't think they actually were. > The reactionary bigots appear to have the upper hand for now In my experience, the large majority of people accused of being "reactionary bigots" around here are quite simply nothing of the sort.

worik 1y ago
>> our dominant paradigms were based on racist and sexist assumptions > I don't think they actually were. Open a book! The dscovery doctrine In the USA there is westward expansion, both genocidal and racist Women have only been entitled to equal pay since the 1970s in most places Indigenous Australians were only considered fully people in the 1960s Most European countries restricted the rights of Jews until mid nineteenth century (or worse) The Tasmainian genocide In New Zealand the invasion of the Waikato Canadian Christian schools In New Zealand Māori were denied university education from about 1880 until the 1970s (a very few snuck through, some pretending they were foreign) It was legal to rape your wife until very recently When a woman married she had to resign her job (my grandmother) Until the 1960s in NZ a married woman needed her husband's permission for a bank loan On and on, from my memory banks. I am no historian nor sociologist so I may have buzzed some details, but you should get the point. The West's dominant paradigms are historically deeply racist and sexist. More generally it is prejudice and bigotry Whatever, you should see why DEI, even if it has become a box ticking farce, it has deep roots in desperate need