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[–] nifty 1 points 7 minutes ago
[–] nifty 1 points 17 minutes ago

Okay, I’ll add those.

[–] nifty 0 points 21 minutes ago (4 children)

It’s in the OP.

[–] nifty 2 points 22 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago)

Look, if I am wrong I want to know. I said I won’t respond to those posts because it’s not meant to be an argument.

[–] nifty 1 points 30 minutes ago (1 children)

It’s shared in the OP.

[–] nifty 1 points 36 minutes ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago) (1 children)

I agree, the Chinese poster is on point about all their statements.

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submitted 37 minutes ago* (last edited 4 minutes ago) by nifty to c/asklemmy
 

My pov is that CRT (critical race theory) and related policies, like DEI, put an undue emphasis on race instead of on poverty, and the resulting effect is that policies which are aimed at helping minorities seem like “favoritism” (and called as such by political opponents), which makes a growing population of poor whites (due to the adverse effects of wealth inequality) polarized against minorities.

Separately, the polarization is used by others who want to weaken a democratic nation. For democracies, a growing immigrant population of more poor people will cause further polarization because the growing poor white population believes that “they’re taking our jobs”. This happened during Brexit, this happened with Trump, and this is happening now in Germany and other western democracies.

I know that there are racist groups who have an agenda of their own, and what I am saying is that instead of focusing on what are painted as culture war issues, leftists are better off focusing on alleviating systemic poverty. Like, bringing the Nordic model to the U.S. should be their agenda.

So, maybe I am wrong about CRT and DEI and how it’s well-meaning intentions are being abused by people who have other goals, but I want to hear from others about why they think CRT and DEI help. I want to listen, so I am not going to respond at all.

— Added definitions — CRT: an academic field used to understand how systems and processes favor white people despite anti-discrimination policies. Analysis coming out of CRT is often used to make public policy.

DEI: a framework for increasing diversity, equity and inclusion; DEI isn’t focused on race or gender only, but also includes disability and other factors (pregnancy for example) which affect a person.

[–] nifty 0 points 1 hour ago (4 children)

Yes, but let’s stop pretending that all other countries are angelic heavens with leaders who have nothing but the best intentions for all people, everywhere. Every country has its issues, and it’s really easy to blame them on “imperialists”.

[–] nifty 2 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

In fairness, all countries play the destabilization games against each other. That’s the core of realpolitiks.

[–] nifty 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (15 children)

The truth is that the U.S. contributes the most to foreign aid funds, and still gets zero to little political good will.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_development_aid_sovereign_state_donors

[–] nifty 0 points 2 hours ago

No, I am giving you a pithy example of how people will say there isn’t any systemic racism.

I never said that there aren’t racists, but when you have anti-discrimination policies in place, the public believes that there isn’t “systemic racism”. So then the problem becomes that putting policies into place which favor minorities makes it seem like “only minorities are being favored”. That creates divisions and polarization. That’s separate from the issue that nation state actors will use this polarization to create issues in democracies.

That’s why, the best way forward for leftists is to favor policies which target systemic issues for the poor.

[–] nifty 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

This is one people should seriously protest to fucking stop. Education is the one thing that levels the playing field for people across different socioeconomic backgrounds. Get on the phone to your representatives, this is the main one they were working towards and wanted to distract from!

[–] nifty -1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Maybe you’re right, and it’s too bad they did away with DEI before we got get any stats on its usefulness for the overall population. I remember that corporates starting removing DEI way before Trump started talking about it because they didn’t find that it did anything which contributed to their growth or leadership.

Edit this article shows why some people think removing DEI is racist. It’s true that anti-DEI is often favored by racist people as well.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-02-01/why-companies-are-scaling-back-dei-in-america

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These people lose any credibility when they say nonsense like this. Overworked and overloaded personnel created this issue, but someone cutting budgets isn’t going to admit that. Might be the start of America’s brain drain if this kind of race-baiting politics continue.

https://archive.is/WyhBb

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