Will we ever see the day when no-one cares about race?
Or are there too many people, of all political persuasions and racial identities, who have a vested interest in maintaining that division?
shareit certainly seems to me that, not only are we not moving that way, we're moving in the exact opposite direction, in that more and more people seem to insist that race, along with gender & sex preferences, are what matter most, and that we need to split the world into hierarchies to determine who deserves sympathy and who deserves contempt.
it all seems terribly backwards, & the exact opposite of what ought to done, but no one seems to be canvassing my opinion!
Well, perhaps no-one is canvassing your opinion, but I can say that I personally agree with it.
Identity, and to be fair, this applies across the spectrum, and not just to the political left or 'progressives', is, unfortunately, becoming more important.
We no longer talk about bad behaviour or bad manners or abuse in general terms. We talk about it in the context of identity. So, abuse itself is no longer an issue per se; it's what colour or gender or religion the abuser/victim was.
But wouldn't it be far better to simply argue for zero policy on all forms of abuse and harassment, irrespective of gender, race, sexuality, religion and nationality? Is a rape any less bad because the victim is white and the perpetrator is black? Is a violent assault any less bad because the victim is a white man and the perpetrator is a black woman?