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It's easier to tell you who hasn't. Two major events a century apart with the suffix "... of Nanking" barely scratch the surface of the wounds to Chinese sovereignty and their psyche.
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Soft power? China has invaded four of its neighbours since WWII, routinely sends army units over the border with India and is engaging in gunboat diplomacy in the South China Sea. China is no stranger to the hard stuff and will use it if weaker nations stand in their way.
I do, but I don't care for the labels or the idea that I am hanging out over on privilege island, everyone is the same to me if they are having a crackDon't you think it might be helpful to understand the challenges other people might face?
Privilege is all about recognising challenges that you don't have to face that other people do. I don't think there's any point in shaming people for their privilege, and I feel sorry for you if you've been subject to that previously, but the problems Hollow Knight mentioned all exist, and aren't going away anytime soon, so it's important to discuss them.I do, but I don't care for the labels or the idea that I am hanging out over on privilege island, everyone is the same to me if they are having a crack
I'm not so sure. Nationalism is incompatible with communism, and nationalism can very swiftly turn into ethnic nationalism. Can't say I've ever been to China but I'm guessing they aren't pushing the class solidarity line much anymore.I do feel like we are at a crossroads where the little red book might be fully discarded for full-blown Han-supremacy and Chinese mysticism and a hard right turn to fascism - but the idealist in me says they still have transition to full communism by 2050 in their party plans and we just don't understand the Chinese long-game because of cultural incompatibility.
On behalf of my privileged demographic (white, employed on average wage) I'd just like to let you know that I don't give a flying frangipani tree about all of 'that sh*t'
Shaming people for their privilege is about as functional towards a united society as shaming people for inaction on climate change is functional towards reducing environmental pollution, overconsumption, and restoring and protecting biodiversityPrivilege is all about recognising challenges that you don't have to face that other people do. I don't think there's any point in shaming people for their privilege, and I feel sorry for you if you've been subject to that previously, but the problems Hollow Knight mentioned all exist, and aren't going away anytime soon, so it's important to discuss them.
Thanks, now I'm off to design my babyAh, 2020. The year of saying the quiet part loud.
I appreciate your honesty.
Absolutely nobody is asking you for that.It honestly feels as though white almost need to apologise for being white.
Who said that? Whoever it was, they were wrong. Racism exists in every country.Much the same way as white people are the only racists
Some statements made about white people are not racist, whereas the same thing said about other races could be racist. This is because of the power structure that exists in people's minds across the world. Even today, in much of Asia, Africa and South America, whiteness is seen as a standard of beauty, white people's opinions are often taken more seriously and darker-skinned people are viewed as inferior in many respects. Some people in the West hold similar values. That's not something you have to feel bad for, you didn't choose for the world to be this way, but people aren't asking you to feel bad. They just want you to acknowledge there's an imbalance, and because of that, not everything can be taken in a race-blind way.despite it being ok for numerous ethnicities and people of varying colours openly being racist towards white people without any condemnation, yet the moment a white person does anything, they are slammed for it.
It honestly feels as though white almost need to apologise for being white.
Much the same way as white people are the only racists despite it being ok for numerous ethnicities and people of varying colours openly being racist towards white people without any condemnation, yet the moment a white person does anything, they are slammed for it.
Yep, white people are the only racists in the world.Nah, reading that nonsense just confirms my suspicion that a whole bunch of white people just want to have a turn at claiming to be oppressed and victims of discrimination. They can’t even let the minorities have that.
Yep, white people are the only racists in the world.
Yep, white people are the only racists in the world.
I will never not be uncomfortable about Australia's dark history, but when I sit with the invention of the term privilege I don't feel as though I'm negatively misprojecting when I voice my opinion that it has done nothing but alienate and impugn good people and the great examples set in recent history, without distinction. It actually divides and creates equally base righteous groups who are carrying out their own form of cultural destruction with malicious intent and whom should be objected to. We either have an evolved society, or we don't. If we are assuming that our society possesses the capability to contemplate these questions then we should not also assume they lack the ability to contemplate their premise and historical founding. More thought is occurring than the woke would supposeAcknowledging the privilege isn’t the same as shaming. You shouldn’t necessarily feel ashamed for something that you didn’t actively choose.
Often what is perceived as external shame might actually be veiled subconscious discomfort.
As a first step, it’s actually okay to just sit with that discomfort rather than positively acting on it or negatively misprojecting it as something else (ra ra PC nonsense etc etc).
I work on some Foreign Investment Review Board assessments for Treasury as a consult for my Department and we have been notified assess anything Chinese without explicitly stating Chinese as more or less an automatic Low identified risk rating.I have been very diligent trying to boycott any Chinese products......nearly impossible!
I knew a lot of things were made there, but had no idea it is at saturation point.
From clothing to kitchen utensils etc.
We seriously need to back off from our reliance on them. They are quietly bit by bit strangling the world with ownership in numerous countries, borrowings by countries from them (good one Dan!) for infastructure...the list goes on.
Wake up world!
And others have different opinions. There are many white people, and men, and straight people, who have understood that privilege isn't something to feel ashamed for, but something to be aware of so we can understand the inequalities in how society treats people, and work towards a more egalitarian world.I will never not be uncomfortable about Australia's dark history, but when I sit with the invention of the term privilege I don't feel as though I'm negatively misprojecting when I voice my opinion that it has done nothing but alienate and impugn good people and the great examples set in recent history, without distinction.
That's an incredibly black and white view of things. Society is composed of individuals, some of whom will think through those things, and some who won't. You might, but why do you assume most are like you?We either have an evolved society, or we don't.
And others have different opinions. There are many white people, and men, and straight people, who have understood that privilege isn't something to feel ashamed for, but something to be aware of so we can understand the inequalities in how society treats people, and work towards a more egalitarian world.
I don't, but my point is the people who can contemplate it already get it, and the aggressive way in which inequalities are currently being sought to be addressed is resulting in division. Not least of which in the cohorts that don't think through things, from any sideThat's an incredibly black and white view of things. Society is composed of individuals, some of whom will think through those things, and some who won't. You might, but why do you assume most are like you?
Have we? I don't think so.But that's my point, we have been doing perfectly fine at understanding inequalities without using the concept of privilege as a driver
I am certain I would agree with you and hollow knight on the existence of all deficiencies in addressing inequality, but I don't think the modern paradigm of aggressive progressive activism is optimal towards lasting outcomes and unity.Have we? I don't think so.
Could it be that you just have a lot of negative association with the term "privilege"? It isn't an inherently aggressive word, nor is a reminder of it a personal attack in most instances.I am certain I would agree with you and hollow knight on the existence of all deficiencies in addressing inequality, but I don't think the modern paradigm of aggressive progressive activism is optimal towards lasting outcomes and unity.
Possibly, anyway I'm very mindful I haven't always put my views forward in the best way, or translated my dry sense of humour to text, I shall be keeping to views in support of the Lions this yearCould it be that you just have a lot of negative association with the term "privilege"? It isn't an inherently aggressive word, nor is a reminder of it a personal attack in most instances.