The Unequal Opportunity Race

 

An excellent, succinct definition by ⁦@ThePlumLineGS⁩ of the reasonable middle space between Kendi-&-DiAngelo-style woke illiberalism, on the left, and the neo-fascist illiberalism of a Rufo or Carlson, on the right. (With many dispiriting comments.) https://t.co/rbhWGdnvOE

— Nils Gilman (@nils_gilman) November 20, 2021

A good example is this video that offended a lot of Virginia parents. It depicted Blacks as starting a footrace with built-in disadvantages. That might be crude, but it’s defensible: Socioeconomic disadvantages resulting from the legacies of racism are real.

At the same time, it also seemed to imply that the entire White race is privileged, with no mention of the fact that many Whites face similar disadvantages. Egalitarian liberals are supposed to be concerned with the barriers to human flourishing faced by all.

The basic point is that it’s consistent with liberal egalitarian ideals to reckon with the ways that group-on-group discrimination has created barriers to human flourishing for individuals. As Jacob Levy details, the much maligned “identity politics” is actually about achieving greater liberty for individuals who have been disadvantaged by group-targeted discrimination.

　昔から言われているのと同じ議論なのかね？

　ひどい黒人差別は現実にある。だから、大学など黒人優遇の積極的差別是正策も妥当。しかし、アパランチアのど田舎の貧乏白人だって不遇の境遇にあるじゃないか、と。

　そこで、人種差別についての教育や偏見を排除して、差別撤廃していくことは大事だが、格差是正においては、人種に関わらず不遇の環境にあるものについて積極的な支援策が必要、といったところかなああ？