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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
Sure, power comes in all forms and can be used in different ways. We give people power all the time when we allow them to make us upset, paranoid, etc.
However, at a more aggregate and structural level, your post is equivalent to the phrase "race card" and the tendency for whites to be the only ones who can discuss race without being accused of "playing the race card." Ya know, because whites are so rational and objective whereas nonwhites are irrational and emotional about stuff. If whites don't let nonwhites "see them sweat" then those annoying nonwhites will stop being so consumed with race and go find a ball of yarn to play with--or something else to keep their race obsessed nonwhite selves occupied. |
I can't say I see it clearly. Feel free to make the connections for me.
The focus of my perspective isn't that we should strive to remove the power of minorities with the hope of removing their obsession with race. It is impossible to separate empowerment and the results of removing power in this context, but the desired result here is to end the white community's overreaction. The ultimate goal is not to disempower minorities, though that would be a likely result at some level.
Perhaps you'll say they're inseparable, but I'm not certain they are. I don't want to insulate the white community from the complaints of the irrational nonwhite community. I want the white community to think for themselves, and not merely enhance every complaint about race.