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Re: Fantastic
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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I recommend everyone read this short article about how and why white people push back on any discussion of racism. I've been saying this here (and lots of other places) less eloquently for many years. This is easily the best piece on racism I've read since college and I already bought the book.
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page...ronting-racism
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It's not bad, but it didn't move me the way it moved you. What did you think was fantastic about it?
eta: I agree that white people are bad at discussing racism, in predictable ways. I think there's a lot of self-interest in it. I agree with what's said about the good/bad binary. But I don't think it's helpful to talk about how "society is set up", and I think it's wrong to say "that white progressives cause the most daily damage to people of color," even if they are often self-serving. And I don't think it's helpful to describe (not sure whether this is the reviewer or the author) white racism as "a pathogen that seeks to replicate itself" -- that constructs removes the agency and incentives the author has identified.
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Last edited by Tyrone Slothrop; 07-24-2018 at 12:58 PM..
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