“In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” - Angela Y. Davis
Note that anti-racist doesn't mean "Racist against the race that isn't currently the victim", and it doesn't mean "giving the targeted population special privileges in unrelated fields, to make up for it". It means "Calling out all prejudice/hate when it happens, and addressing and reversing systemic biases that keep the underprivileged people underprivileged"
If one can't agree with this description of being anti-racist, they're either not helping bring about the equality they may claim to want, or they're actually just a racist themselves and lack either empathy, perspective, or both
it doesn’t mean “giving the target population special privileges in unrelated fields to make up for it”
Your language overall makes me think you’re fine but I’d be lying if I didn’t say this particular part didn’t catch my attention. Is there a reason you felt the need to say this? In the context of affirmative action being repealed in the US it feels a tad loaded. Giving the benefit of the doubt here truly, but still curious why you felt the need to say this.
In common leftist theory is known the enemy of the left is the moderate liberal, who wouldn't mind if equality were to happen quietly by magic but is not willing to suffer inconvenience or breaches of the status quo in the process of making change for the better for the whole public.
And yes, a lot of the democratic voter lumpenproletariat fall into this range, where they're willing to buy a rainbow Frappuccino but not suffer from commute slowdown due to a protest.
Preach. To add to this: My wife and I have a lot of discussions about how to raise our kids as not just race conscious but how to not make marginalized groups teaching lessons for our kids. It’s been interesting to say the least.
Don't make me tap the Letter from Birmingham Jail
i ain’t reading all that, i’m busy putting a timetable on another man’s freedom
—lemmy white moderates
Literally what uprooted my "rational" centrist opinions on everything.
The timetable quote just hit me and my sensibilities like a truck.
When people complained about the BLM protests blocking traffic, I liked to reply with pictures of MLK leading massive marches down the street.
but it doesn’t do anything!!!! all it does is inconvenience the average person!! concepts such as solidarity and collective messaging are meaningless to me (i choose to ignore them)! you should go and protest in front of lawmakers’ homes quietly where i can safely choose to ignore you instead!!!
/satire
Some neo-Nazi mouthpiece in Germany got stabbed before a scheduled speech, and some Lemmy comments are all 'oh now you're just giving them what they want.'
I mean, if that's what they want, they're welcome to it. Drink your fill.
I think a 63 year old poll needs a tad more context but I’ll get hell for it I’m sure
The Civil Rights Movement - Wikipedia there’s context
I don’t disagree with probably anyone’s politics in this thread.
