Don't advocate for racism here. Do not even do it in this roundabout way.
My views have evolved a bit since my last posts on this thread. In my opinion, your position on this topic depends on your views on essentialism, the theory of mind, and political brainwashing.
Both sides have the partial truths.
The political left are right about:
Race is a category error.
IQ is a category error.
People have racist behaviors for some reason(s).
The political right are right about:
Genetics determine your potential.
Egalitarianism is not possible and false.
People have racist behaviors for some reason(s).
I think that the right wing positions are ultimately more honest, *because* of their acceptance of racism in order to maintain their positions in power. They recognize that humans naturally create hierarchies and it must be enforced somehow. Racism is an easy way to do this, as that the skin color is very visible and misleading in terms of which class you belong in. The misleading info create conflicts which require the government to solve.
The leftists are socially modifying the racist white people's behaviors, but lately it's making the race relations worse. This is happening in my opinion because: they are not socially modifying the racist people in different races at the same time. In fact, they are giving them passes in form of "power imbalance" because of the historical racist behavior from white people. So, these white racists are recognizing this unfairness and are lashing out politically.
IMO, how this works: racism is false, and we should punish all racists, or racism is true and we should allow it.
Both sides have the partial truths.
The political left are right about:
Race is a category error.
IQ is a category error.
People have racist behaviors for some reason(s).
The political right are right about:
Genetics determine your potential.
Egalitarianism is not possible and false.
People have racist behaviors for some reason(s).
I think that the right wing positions are ultimately more honest, *because* of their acceptance of racism in order to maintain their positions in power. They recognize that humans naturally create hierarchies and it must be enforced somehow. Racism is an easy way to do this, as that the skin color is very visible and misleading in terms of which class you belong in. The misleading info create conflicts which require the government to solve.
The leftists are socially modifying the racist white people's behaviors, but lately it's making the race relations worse. This is happening in my opinion because: they are not socially modifying the racist people in different races at the same time. In fact, they are giving them passes in form of "power imbalance" because of the historical racist behavior from white people. So, these white racists are recognizing this unfairness and are lashing out politically.
IMO, how this works: racism is false, and we should punish all racists, or racism is true and we should allow it.