Jordan Peterson On The Disgusting Racism Behind The Concept Of "White Privilege"
The idea of collectively held guilt is reprehensibly ugly and "dangerous" -- the stuff of the Kulak mass murders in Russia, to name one example, says Jordan Peterson.
He and I have a similar view on "safe spaces."
If you are so emotionally fragile -- so debilitated by information that makes you a little uncomfortable -- that you need a safe space, the institution you should be in is not an educational one.
It’s just the latest version of Blood Libel.
And, Happy St. Valentine’s Day. Good reason to go enjoy a nice evening with the one you love. It’s also Ash Wednesday, so, it’s also OK to feel guilty about enjoying yourself.
Wfjag at February 13, 2018 11:49 PM
This might sound unkind, and I'm quite certain that black activists will call me a racist, but I think the black activists have decided that the best defense is a good offense. With the election of Barack Obama (who will be remembered, if nothing else, as the most divisive President in history), they realized that the "We're oppressed!" argument as an excuse for their collective poor performance is gone.
As a demographic, they are the least productive, least educated, most criminal, most violent and most dependent and government handouts. And, in order to prevent the greater population (not just whites, but Hispanics and Asians) from shining a light on their poor performance, they have decided that the "oppression" argument needs to be ramped up. So, they have invented non-issues to cry about, such as "cultural appropriation" in which everything that they can convince the world was invented by Africans, becomes their exclusive property. Such as dreadlocks (although the oldest examples in the world of dredding hair comes from ancient Greece and India). Remember the collective Twitter attack you once shared, Amy, on a 12-year-old blonde girl, Mallory Merk, who had the unspeakable gall to wear her hair in box braids?
Another great fictitious concept to whine about: digital blackface. Apparently, it's very oppressive when white people are online, using animated gifs of black people in their responses.
And there's enough moronic, guilt-ridden white idiots who let them get away with this bullshit.
When black people adopt styles invented by whites, such as clothing styles, country and classical music, theatre, ballet, etc., they are merely "assimilating to the dominant culture."
But when whites adopt theirs, it's "cultural appropriation" and oppressive.
And of course, pointing all this out makes me a racist. And you know what? Maybe so. Maybe there are innate racial differences that make certain races, such as whites and Asians, better suited to adapt to a Western society, when other races would fare better in different types of societies.
Although I've seen enough productive, successful, happy people in every color to wonder whether that's truly the case. It's honestly very hard to know for certain because over half of all blacks in the U.S. are at least 1/8 white. And God knows, there's plenty of worthless, violent, criminal whites out there.
Patrick at February 14, 2018 3:19 AM
Thomas Sowell called it "redneck culture" in his book, Black Rednecks and White Liberals. (review here) Sowell characterizes redneck culture as "brawling, braggadocio, self-indulgence, disregard of the future" and laments that is survives today in " the poorest and worst of the urban black ghettos."
Conan the Grammarian at February 14, 2018 5:29 AM
One thing a lot of people don't realize about the Soviet Union is that, despite its pretensions about the "universality of man", it always contained a strong element of Russian-ethnic centrism. The party was always under Russian control, and the other Warsaw Pact nations were always regarded as conquered territories. Thus the Stalin-managed Ukrainian famine -- they weren't Russians, so nobody in Moscow cared. Better to show those outer provinces who the boss is.
This is the sort of thing that happens when you put ethnic identity above community shared values.
Cousin Dave at February 14, 2018 6:47 AM
@Patrick, @Conan,
This has been an issue constantly addressed by Saturday Morning cartoons that had an African-American cast and the creator(s) is/are involved.
Sixclaws at February 14, 2018 7:15 AM
This leads to absurdities like blacks calling for racial purity and segregated dorms at college. So if you are conservative and have a black wife or adopted a black child, you are somehow still racist. There is no action you can do that will prove you are not racist. Pure blood libel and very dangerous.
The damage caused by the "black power" movement was to hold up as admirable the very characteristics of black culture that were the most damaging to getting ahead. In the 1950s blacks were actually slightly more likely to be married than whites and had high church attendance. The black power movement plus welfare turned this all around, with "gangsta" culture now being held up as what young black men should be proud of. This has been reinforced by SJWs who assert that we should never criticize any cultural attribute (which they seem to view as fixed within a races). Thus we may not say that perhaps staying out of jail should be your priority. I know refugees from persecution in the Middle East who arrived here with $10 in their pocket and rough English skills and who have made something of themselves. It is all about culture. Thomas Sowell is right by the way.
cc at February 14, 2018 9:10 AM
Churchill was the only world leader to realize at the time that Stalin was not a communist, he was the czar of the new Russian Empire.
Krushchev continued the Russia-centric focus of the Russian brand of communism, bending the Warsaw Pact nations to Russia's will and using them for Russia's benefit.
Conan the Grammarian at February 14, 2018 10:36 AM
I like Peterson, and he doesn't seem to be wrong about anything, but it's remarkable how such a mild figure has been accorded an identity of maverick disruptor.
See also, Bari Weiss.
Crid at February 14, 2018 10:00 PM
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