its crucial we are extra specific, especially for those of us on the left, because then we can see how non-specific things have become...and if we are to fight against injustice, to be truly anti-racist (not just SJW/Woke versions of anti racist) we have to know our terms, what we want, how it came to be, in order to forge a path to do something else
its crucial we are extra specific, especially for those of us on the left, because then we can see how non-specific things have become...and if we are to fight against injustice, to be truly anti-racist (not just SJW/Woke versions of anti racist) we have to know our terms, what we want, how it came to be, in order to forge a path to do something else
Again, I couldn't agree more with the importance of being specific, the reason I described a distinction between "black people" and "slaves" in 1780s America as "splitting hairs" is because, as I hope I've made clear, the distinction was both small and fragile. Many freed black people *were* sold into slavery because, again, slavery was predicated on skin colour.
It's possible to be aware of all this, to admit all of this, and focus on a path to something else. I'm not trying to wrap myself in these people's oppression, but I absolutely won't overlook it either. As far as I can see, this is what being specific is.
its crucial we are extra specific, especially for those of us on the left, because then we can see how non-specific things have become...and if we are to fight against injustice, to be truly anti-racist (not just SJW/Woke versions of anti racist) we have to know our terms, what we want, how it came to be, in order to forge a path to do something else
Again, I couldn't agree more with the importance of being specific, the reason I described a distinction between "black people" and "slaves" in 1780s America as "splitting hairs" is because, as I hope I've made clear, the distinction was both small and fragile. Many freed black people *were* sold into slavery because, again, slavery was predicated on skin colour.
It's possible to be aware of all this, to admit all of this, and focus on a path to something else. I'm not trying to wrap myself in these people's oppression, but I absolutely won't overlook it either. As far as I can see, this is what being specific is.