bostonwine on Nostr: I don’t think that’s the first step. The first step is honest acknowledgment of ...
I don’t think that’s the first step. The first step is honest acknowledgment of where things are at. “Taking inventory” as some might say.
I hear you that more “separation” is unlikely to lead to genuine interpersonal compassion and connection, and it’s true that wokeism has evolved into something gross, because corrupt incentives and institutions use culture war tactics to divide us. However, the real point of acknowledging privilege (whether physical, cultural, or financial) as I did in my OP is not to sew further division. The intent is to recognize the (obvious and indisputable) fact that looking a certain way (white/male/“normal” in the USA) inevitably confers on an individual the freedom and safety to avoid those unique flavors of repression, violence, and marginalization that people in minority groups have repeatedly experienced, at a much higher rate than anyone else, over the course of this nation’s existence.
I hear you that more “separation” is unlikely to lead to genuine interpersonal compassion and connection, and it’s true that wokeism has evolved into something gross, because corrupt incentives and institutions use culture war tactics to divide us. However, the real point of acknowledging privilege (whether physical, cultural, or financial) as I did in my OP is not to sew further division. The intent is to recognize the (obvious and indisputable) fact that looking a certain way (white/male/“normal” in the USA) inevitably confers on an individual the freedom and safety to avoid those unique flavors of repression, violence, and marginalization that people in minority groups have repeatedly experienced, at a much higher rate than anyone else, over the course of this nation’s existence.