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Originally Posted by FoldnDark
Not a rhetorical question, Well Named. If white segregation is still a big problem, and I believe it has a big impact on racism, how to you propose to convince white people to make more black friends, by shouting insults at them, or by trying to foster healthy discussion on the already difficult issues on race. Some other way?
There are two big problems here. First is of course is that we're talking about institutionalized racism. Segregation isn't some natural occurring thingee, that somehow springs from flaws in people's "secret inner hearts". People naturally become friends with their fellow workers, neighbors, people that share their time and lives with. You got things backwards. Segregation is institutional. To attack segregation you need to attack those institutions... and do so in a non-segregated manner. The ends are the means. My advice: organize a union.
Second, this is classic JAQing off. Just because you've never heard of the term before, fighting "white fragility" is a real thing real people do in the real world. Once again, why do you presume to give tactical advice (ex: your false dichotomy between "shouting insults" -vs- "foster healthy discussion") to activists who have been fighting this fight for years. You really need to stop doing this... it's paternalistic, insulting, and just wrong. How about doing your homework if you are genuinely interested in what tactics & strategies work IRL.
What you can do, on a personal level IRL, is this however. Every time you hear one of your friends start going off about the "race baiters", or about how "pc-ism" is running amok, or any of the whole catalog of Tone Policing gibberish... you can call time out, tell them that's a buncha crap, offer to chat it out with them if they have any questions (they won't), and tell them otherwise you'd really appreciate it if they could keep that crap under their hat.
That's by far the #1 100% best thing you could personally do to "foster a healthy discussion". You wanna give it a try IRL ?
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