According to Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Anti-Racist, ‘the claim of “not racist” neutrality is a mask for racism’. Alana Lentin, author of Why Race Still Matters, takes it a step further, arguing that to be ‘not racist’ is ‘a form of discursive racist violence’. If you declare yourself not racist, it’s an unequivocal sign you’re an unrepentant white supremacist.
So there - if you're not racist you are doing 'discursive racist violence’ which is even worse than normal racism.
I take it you have read and studied these tomes, Rhodders
Who reads and studies tomes these days when all you need to know is on Twitter? Or some more or less obscure talkboards?
It's a fine word, though, tome.
Not that anyone under 45 has ever used it.
If you declare yourself not racist, it’s an unequivocal sign you’re an unrepentant white supremacist
"I'm not racist, but..."
Alana Lentin, author of Why Race Still Matters, takes it a step further, arguing that to be ‘not racist’ is ‘a form of discursive racist violence’.
God, there is some truly cretinous stuff in print.
Dr Alana Lentin is Associate Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis at Western Sydney University. She is a European and West Asian Jewish woman who is a settler on Gadigal land. She works on the critical theorization of race, racism and antiracism
https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/ics/people/school
_based_researchers/alana_lentin
<<Not that anyone under 45 has ever used it.>>
those of us over 45 are more focused on the word 'tomb.'
Tell me about it...
So did Rhoda read the tomes or did she just copy and paste from The Spectator, forgetting the quotation marks?
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-anti-racism-movement-is-sowing-deeper-divisions
Nobody gets a tomb these days. Not enough space.
The tomb's a fine and private place,
But none I think do there embrace
Have you never seen the walls of tombs in mediterranean countries, hatters? Tombs are stacked vertically.
#8 She's an invader of Aboriginal Lands then.
But none I think to there embrace [except in Spain]
The thing is, all of these people will be out of a job if it’s ever proved that racism is on the decline or that most people generally tend to treat others well, so new forms such as discursive racist violence keep needing to be found. As (((Judge Judy))) always says, follow the money.
She's an invader of Aboriginal Lands then.
As it says in her biography.
Alana Lentin, author of Why Race Still Matters, takes it a step further, arguing that to be ‘not racist’ is ‘a form of discursive racist violence’.
I hear you're a racist now everybody.