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I once tried to downplay the expression of marginalized groups with a college professor, and they said that those who are in the groups doing the oppression are
by th0ma5 14y ago
I once tried to downplay the expression of marginalized groups with a college professor, and they said that those who are in the groups doing the oppression are often blind to what goes on, and sort of that the group as a whole makes any oppression seem normal. There are many parts of the world where quite a lot of things are criminal, punishable by death, and sometimes there's just a social pressure for killing even if it is actually not in the law.
- praptak 14y ago> those who are in the groups doing the oppression are often blind to what goes on "Derailing for dummies" is an interesting analysis of this. It should be required reading for participants of discrimination-related discussions.
- yummyfajitas 14y ago"Derailing for Dummies" is merely an attempt to dismiss the arguments/opinions of members of certain groups without logically addressing them. The only purpose is to create a rhetorical Escape Hatch [1] when logical arguments fail (or one is too lazy to construct them). [1] http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Escape_hatch http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Escape_hatch