The issue here is that 'Nazism' represented a specific time and group of people in both the past and currently, in a pretty clear ideological sense.
The term 'racism' is a bit trickier, as, Kendi's version is defined differently than the current textbook version "The inability or refusal to recognize the rights, needs, dignity, or value o…
The issue here is that 'Nazism' represented a specific time and group of people in both the past and currently, in a pretty clear ideological sense.
The term 'racism' is a bit trickier, as, Kendi's version is defined differently than the current textbook version "The inability or refusal to recognize the rights, needs, dignity, or value of people of particular races or geographical origins."
The current 2.0 version seems to include notions of 'systemic power' and 'hierarchies of privilege'. It 's easy to see how anything defined this way can become messy and weaponized.
Determining yourself as either racist or 'anti-racist' seems to have EVERYTHING to do with what and how we define what racism even is!
The issue here is that 'Nazism' represented a specific time and group of people in both the past and currently, in a pretty clear ideological sense.
The term 'racism' is a bit trickier, as, Kendi's version is defined differently than the current textbook version "The inability or refusal to recognize the rights, needs, dignity, or value of people of particular races or geographical origins."
The current 2.0 version seems to include notions of 'systemic power' and 'hierarchies of privilege'. It 's easy to see how anything defined this way can become messy and weaponized.
Determining yourself as either racist or 'anti-racist' seems to have EVERYTHING to do with what and how we define what racism even is!