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“Whiteness has a mean streak, putting down the poor, the racial Other, the immigrant, the refugee.”
If there were races, this would seem racist.
Inasmuch as everyone except a logic-slicing ideological fringe thinks that there is such a thing as race (though not sharp lines, morally significant distinctions, etc.) this statement will seem racist to almost everyone, and the rest of the essay will seem out of contact with experienced reality.
What purpose does this serve? Who is the audience?
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“Whiteness has a mean streak, putting down the poor, the racial Other, the immigrant, the refugee.”
If there were races, this would seem racist.
Inasmuch as everyone except a logic-slicing ideological fringe thinks that there is such a thing as race (though not sharp lines, morally significant distinctions, etc.) this statement will seem racist to almost everyone, and the rest of the essay will seem out of contact with experienced reality.
What purpose does this serve? Who is the audience?