“I love your positive spin on trust in the government.”
😅“Positive spin.” Is that what we’re calling “accurate reading of a poll” now?
It’s not that I can’t see your point of view, I see it all the time online. A lot of people have given into cynicism and fatalism and describe anything upstream of that as idealism and naivety. This perspe…
“I love your positive spin on trust in the government.”
😅“Positive spin.” Is that what we’re calling “accurate reading of a poll” now?
It’s not that I can’t see your point of view, I see it all the time online. A lot of people have given into cynicism and fatalism and describe anything upstream of that as idealism and naivety. This perspective has been around since MLK (and long before of course). White *and* black people told him it was impossible to achieve the progress he and others achieved. Even as they achieved it.
So yes, it’s not that I don’t see your perspective, it’s just think it’s based on a narrow and half-hearted attempt to understand the world. And the data that I’ve spent the past few years poring over, including the data you cited, bears this out.
But regardless, a person’s ability to see a perspective says absolutely nothing about how true it is. This is an absolutely bizarre thing to say.
I don’t consider myself to be particularly idealistic. I certainly don’t have a rose-tinted view of human nature. But whatever optimism I have is born precisely from the fact that if you travelled back in time 80 years and described the present day to someone living in segregated America, they’d have said you were idealistic and foolish for not seeing the world as they did. I’m glad they were wrong.
Have race based relations in the country significantly improved since the 60s.
I would suggest that awareness has gone up. Integration has gone up. Those who were aware of their race based biases are acting with less bias. But I don't believe that skin color will ever not be relevant.
I believe humans are conditioned to create communities. Those communities result in like minded culture around people who are like them (including in looks). Can the concept of color eventually evolve to where everyone is some shade of brown. Who knows? I'm not sure why we would even want it to. Its a feel good idealistic concept but is it the best for the human condition. Evolution will sort that out.
“I love your positive spin on trust in the government.”
😅“Positive spin.” Is that what we’re calling “accurate reading of a poll” now?
It’s not that I can’t see your point of view, I see it all the time online. A lot of people have given into cynicism and fatalism and describe anything upstream of that as idealism and naivety. This perspective has been around since MLK (and long before of course). White *and* black people told him it was impossible to achieve the progress he and others achieved. Even as they achieved it.
So yes, it’s not that I don’t see your perspective, it’s just think it’s based on a narrow and half-hearted attempt to understand the world. And the data that I’ve spent the past few years poring over, including the data you cited, bears this out.
But regardless, a person’s ability to see a perspective says absolutely nothing about how true it is. This is an absolutely bizarre thing to say.
I don’t consider myself to be particularly idealistic. I certainly don’t have a rose-tinted view of human nature. But whatever optimism I have is born precisely from the fact that if you travelled back in time 80 years and described the present day to someone living in segregated America, they’d have said you were idealistic and foolish for not seeing the world as they did. I’m glad they were wrong.
Its a great perspective.
Have race based relations in the country significantly improved since the 60s.
I would suggest that awareness has gone up. Integration has gone up. Those who were aware of their race based biases are acting with less bias. But I don't believe that skin color will ever not be relevant.
I believe humans are conditioned to create communities. Those communities result in like minded culture around people who are like them (including in looks). Can the concept of color eventually evolve to where everyone is some shade of brown. Who knows? I'm not sure why we would even want it to. Its a feel good idealistic concept but is it the best for the human condition. Evolution will sort that out.