{"id":282210,"date":"2018-10-03T00:15:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T00:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2018\/10\/03\/i-just-realized-that-the-specific-reason-the-80s\/"},"modified":"2018-10-03T00:15:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T00:15:10","slug":"i-just-realized-that-the-specific-reason-the-80s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2018\/10\/03\/i-just-realized-that-the-specific-reason-the-80s\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

kataramov<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I just realized that the specific reason the 80s and 90s anti-racism preaching in the media failed is because it was entirely focused on emotions and bullying and self esteem, and now everyone thinks the only thing that racism affects is people\u2019s feelings.<\/p>\n

but in reality, personal emotions about one\u2019s self are the FINAL, smallest, most individual, personal<\/i> step in what racism does. it ALSO does so much astronomically more than that, <\/i>and anyone who\u2019s experienced it knows that on some level. it\u2019s institutional; it\u2019s woven inextricably into the fabric of not only our country, but our global system, too. and people are utterly blind to that. <\/p>\n

popular culture still suggests that racism is wrong JUST because saying racist stuff hurts people\u2019s feelings, and not because it\u2019s a cultural attitude that informs every level of how our society operates; there is little awareness that racism is about ACTIONS, actions with no conscious intent behind them, not beliefs, which are intangible. <\/p>\n

and now that the alt-right has popularized the idea that feelings are objectively stupid, there\u2019s no longer ANY reason not to say racist things. because who cares about hurting other people\u2019s FEELINGS? <\/i>that\u2019s the very last, smallest, most individual, personal thing you can possibly care about! \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n

that\u2019s why people are convinced nowadays that a public figure with wide-reaching influence can say racist things unapologetically without \u201cbeing\u201d racist. because to them, \u201cbeing racist\u201d <\/i>isn\u2019t the same as ACTING RACIST. It\u2019s some internal belief\u2014some character flaw\u2014that only crazy people have, and if you\u2019re ironic enough about it, there\u2019s suddenly no harm in being openly racist for laughs.<\/p>\n

when the truth is, ACTIONS MEAN MORE THAN BELIEFS. virulent racists are created<\/i> and<\/i> enabled<\/i> by<\/i> an almost unfathomably massive system of laws and conventions and tradition and lies that people tell themselves and each other. on a global scale. <\/p>\n

people think racism is a thing people believe but somehow NOT a thing people DO. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

kataramov: I just realized that the specific reason the 80s and 90s anti-racism preaching in the media failed is because it was entirely focused on emotions and bullying and self esteem, and now everyone thinks the only thing that racism affects is people\u2019s feelings. but in reality, personal emotions about one\u2019s self are the FINAL, … <\/p>\n

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