That take loses a ton of nuance. This is probably talking about anti-racism.
When the status quo is actively discriminating and harmful, doing nothing is enabling oppression.
When the status quo is actively discriminating and harmful, doing nothing is enabling oppression.
And you AND them are BOTH actually right because they live in a different circle/town/city/country than you.
I believe Twitter mobs have a factor of American mentality that believe that their personal reality is THE reality. See for example when they harassed the Bulgarian author of the “Rubocop” Ruby library because “cop = bad!”
So when a mob targets and harasses a person, as well as their friends and family, not only do they deserve it, but everyone else who isn't participating in the hate mob is evil as well apparently!
Reminds me of forcing people to cry in funerals of dictators, honestly. Pure bullying, hiding behind a facade of righteousness.
Kendi frames it like this: it’s a contradiction to say “I’m not racist” but then continue to live in a way that perpetuates racial disparity.
In his writing he gives a bunch of interesting examples from his life where he realized he was acting in that way and tried to change.
Maybe you don’t agree with some of those views, but I kind of read your response in this genre of everyone talking past one another. I don’t really see what it has to do with the actual position of anti-racism