Your picture of a finger pointing says a lot. What I figured out is that, once we even utter the word "racist," in the new terminology (not 19th century "racism"), we are looking at "what race are you"? well... That is racism, right there! The very word is racist. You are already focusing on the race of the person, not the person's humanity. Point a finger at "race" is not anti-racist. It is the same thing.
I wrote an article awhile back humorously suggesting we stop referring to people's skin colour and start referring to them by dessert flavours, so that we may still discuss the surface diffs between us (hey, what if we wanted to talk about who's most suspectible and less susceptible to skin cancer?) as dessert flavours sound much friendlier, and also make racist content sound funnier and friendlier.
We need to be able to talk about 'race' (or whatever one wants to call it) but without all the baggage attached. And make humor funny and acceptable again. There is no worse enemy to hypocrisy and hate than humour ;)
Hmmmm.... Then if they don't like it, they can accuse you of being flavorist. Oh, you darn flavorists, I cannot stand you people! Then the real activists could say: hell, I ain't no desert. I am da main course, baby!!!! Still, it's a start....
Excellent analysis of the psychology behind the now meaningless epitaphs used to discredit a discussion, opinion or author. I boil it down to this: in my entire life, I have never known anyone who has benefitted over the long term from being a victim. To succeed, one must believe they can and put in the work and effort. This is true even amongst a group of people who may have biases (as nearly all groups do). The approach I used was to believe that I could, even if I wasn't totally prepared, and faked the confidence until it became real. Worked for me. Believing your own victimhood is a recipe for anger and bitterness.
Many appropriate the mantel of victimhood to cover the fact that they're anything but vicious bullies. The transactivists are the worst, but you see it with feminists, antiracists, etc.
Your picture of a finger pointing says a lot. What I figured out is that, once we even utter the word "racist," in the new terminology (not 19th century "racism"), we are looking at "what race are you"? well... That is racism, right there! The very word is racist. You are already focusing on the race of the person, not the person's humanity. Point a finger at "race" is not anti-racist. It is the same thing.
I wrote an article awhile back humorously suggesting we stop referring to people's skin colour and start referring to them by dessert flavours, so that we may still discuss the surface diffs between us (hey, what if we wanted to talk about who's most suspectible and less susceptible to skin cancer?) as dessert flavours sound much friendlier, and also make racist content sound funnier and friendlier.
We need to be able to talk about 'race' (or whatever one wants to call it) but without all the baggage attached. And make humor funny and acceptable again. There is no worse enemy to hypocrisy and hate than humour ;)
Hmmmm.... Then if they don't like it, they can accuse you of being flavorist. Oh, you darn flavorists, I cannot stand you people! Then the real activists could say: hell, I ain't no desert. I am da main course, baby!!!! Still, it's a start....
Excellent analysis of the psychology behind the now meaningless epitaphs used to discredit a discussion, opinion or author. I boil it down to this: in my entire life, I have never known anyone who has benefitted over the long term from being a victim. To succeed, one must believe they can and put in the work and effort. This is true even amongst a group of people who may have biases (as nearly all groups do). The approach I used was to believe that I could, even if I wasn't totally prepared, and faked the confidence until it became real. Worked for me. Believing your own victimhood is a recipe for anger and bitterness.
Many appropriate the mantel of victimhood to cover the fact that they're anything but vicious bullies. The transactivists are the worst, but you see it with feminists, antiracists, etc.