I find the way that some people understand what is and isn't racism mystifying.
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@futurebird There's a second order effect too where "racist" is somehow such a horrible accusation that it's beyond the pale.
It's somehow worse to label something racism than to do the racist things. The media especially is too "polite" to call anything racism outright and it's percolating into regular people's behavior.
@futurebird We get reporting like "It's not clear if Trump knew this post was racist" as if it doesn't count unless he explicitly declared it
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@RogerBW This brand of ”logical reasoning” seems to be quite common, but is there a name for this cognitive phenomenon?
”I want to perceive myself as a ’good’ person and not a …, so what already I do can’t be …!”
Seems like something a french/german academic in the mid 1900s would probably have coined a term for.
I can think of two names for the phenomenon; cognitive dissonance, the more general one.
There’s also a rough sorting of systems of morality — I always get the names wrong — but judging an action based on 1) the consequences, 2) whether it follows a set of rules, or 3) who did it.
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I'm well aware that the kind of person who is "shocked" by the Obamas as apes video, but somehow didn't have the same level of reaction to "cats and dogs" isn't interested in what Black people think. They are mostly worried that "important powerful people" do not think of them as racist. So, even saying this is a little pointless.
But, maybe some of ya'll can ask your uncle or auntie why are ya'll like this? Why?
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@futurebird The timing could be part of it. He has done a lot of unpopular things since then, and people who were willing to cut him some slack may not be anymore. Just a guess though.
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