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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I do not agree with the definition of racism having nothing to do with intent. He then says I do not know what I’m talking about. That is incorrect. He is not in possession of the final definition of racism. He may say he is all he likes, but all he will be in possession of is an emerging definition of it that competes with past intent-based definitions of it.
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This book he's talking about splashed biggest with the thought that white people who think they are the most woke are actually maybe the biggest part of the problem. That is, people with no conscious intent often do real harm- you seem to be having a fight about a definition, again- what if we created a new definition- say "book problem harm," instead of racism? No one is attacking you, and the piling on is odd, as implicit in what I understand this issue to include is the fact that at least most of the piler-ons are guilty of book problem harm. It goes beyond intent- as I understand book problem harm you likely do it if you notice a black person and then form pretty much any conclusion, good or bad, because you are likely to treat them other than you would a white person? I admit to doing book problem harm, even though I try like hell to minimize it.
