I’ve read Kendi’s book. Certainly no part of my takeaway was that we are solely constrained to membership in “set groups” but rather those groups that are a part of our identity, culture and history make up the complex pieces of the individual that we each are. We can recognize our diversity as well as different unique privileges and s…
I’ve read Kendi’s book. Certainly no part of my takeaway was that we are solely constrained to membership in “set groups” but rather those groups that are a part of our identity, culture and history make up the complex pieces of the individual that we each are. We can recognize our diversity as well as different unique privileges and struggles within a community or as an individual without jeopardizing a pro-human position. It shouldn’t have to be a binary choice.
Kurt, I appreciate your read on Kendi and can only go by what you share here, as I have not read his book.
If your assessment is correct, I think he would be much better received (and his mission better served) if he tried to incorporate more nuance and less condemnation of all those with different color skin from his own.
When ANYONE chooses to avoid "giving credit where credit is due", focusing rather on the "failures" of man (of which ALL of us are a part regardless of skin color), it should come as no big surprise many take issue with his personal approach.
His purposes are suspect when he chooses to pigeon hole people based on the color of their skin.
It's the SOUL of each individual that ultimately informs who they are, NOT the color of their skin.
I’ve read Kendi’s book. Certainly no part of my takeaway was that we are solely constrained to membership in “set groups” but rather those groups that are a part of our identity, culture and history make up the complex pieces of the individual that we each are. We can recognize our diversity as well as different unique privileges and struggles within a community or as an individual without jeopardizing a pro-human position. It shouldn’t have to be a binary choice.
Kurt, I appreciate your read on Kendi and can only go by what you share here, as I have not read his book.
If your assessment is correct, I think he would be much better received (and his mission better served) if he tried to incorporate more nuance and less condemnation of all those with different color skin from his own.
When ANYONE chooses to avoid "giving credit where credit is due", focusing rather on the "failures" of man (of which ALL of us are a part regardless of skin color), it should come as no big surprise many take issue with his personal approach.
His purposes are suspect when he chooses to pigeon hole people based on the color of their skin.
It's the SOUL of each individual that ultimately informs who they are, NOT the color of their skin.