"Rather than just suggesting that the few dozen local real estate experts who consulted on drawing the boundaries of zones A, B, C and D had the intention of harming Black people thereby - they tend to frame it as the "whites" doing that to the "Blacks"."
Yeah, sadly this kind of logical fallacy is rife in all social justice movements at …
"Rather than just suggesting that the few dozen local real estate experts who consulted on drawing the boundaries of zones A, B, C and D had the intention of harming Black people thereby - they tend to frame it as the "whites" doing that to the "Blacks"."
Yeah, sadly this kind of logical fallacy is rife in all social justice movements at the moment. Men vs women, gay vs straight, trans vs "cis", black vs white. The same people who condemn people for judging them for a particular immutable trait gleefully condemn everybody whose immutable traits match their "oppressors."
Finding a bogeyman to blame for all of life's injustices (or your personal failings) on isn't a new instinct unfortunately. The tricky thing is finding the balance between recognising that some people do this, and acknowledging that others really do have genuine grievances.
"Rather than just suggesting that the few dozen local real estate experts who consulted on drawing the boundaries of zones A, B, C and D had the intention of harming Black people thereby - they tend to frame it as the "whites" doing that to the "Blacks"."
Yeah, sadly this kind of logical fallacy is rife in all social justice movements at the moment. Men vs women, gay vs straight, trans vs "cis", black vs white. The same people who condemn people for judging them for a particular immutable trait gleefully condemn everybody whose immutable traits match their "oppressors."
Finding a bogeyman to blame for all of life's injustices (or your personal failings) on isn't a new instinct unfortunately. The tricky thing is finding the balance between recognising that some people do this, and acknowledging that others really do have genuine grievances.