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Showing posts with label Associate Professor Jeff Fynn-Paul. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Jeff Fynn-Paul: Is it Racist to Disagree with a Person of Colour?

 

1. White Fragility?

According to social media, the current zeitgeist, and the author of the runaway bestseller White Fragility, it absolutely is.[1]  If you are “white,” and you disagree on any political issue with any person of colour, this is a sure sign that you are a “racist.” 

Ok, then.  Let’s take that same logic and apply it to other common situations:  

Is it sexist for a man to disagree with a woman?  Is it sexist every time a husband disagrees with his wife?