• Too Ren
    link
    fedilink
    English
    31 year ago

    How do we make white people reidentify with a group(s) that is or are less exploitive and less oppressive than the history of white power ?

    Discourage people identify with groups in general, or at least discourage people identify with groups based on inherent traits.

    • @trashgirlfriend
      link
      3
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Sadly (Or fortunately, if you think about it) that seems to just not be how people work.

      All people will, as highly social creatures, form groups and identities around those groups.

      • Too Ren
        link
        fedilink
        English
        01 year ago

        (Or fortunately, if you think about it)

        How so?

        that seems to just not be how people work.

        Some people are also racist, is it not good to discourage it?

        form groups and identities around those groups.

        Identifying around inherent traits is not something that always has to happen. Furthermore, tying yourself to traits whether inherent or not will make people very defensive of any criticism of anything relating to that

        • @trashgirlfriend
          link
          21 year ago

          How so?

          If people didn’t inherently form social groups we would not be here.

          Some people are also racist, is it not good to discourage it?

          How’d you get that out of my answer is beyond me.

          The point is that people will join identity based social groups no matter what and they need better identities to form those groups around.

          Identifying around inherent traits is not something that always has to happen. Furthermore, tying yourself to traits whether inherent or not will make people very defensive of any criticism of anything relating to that

          It doesn’t need to be an inherent group, just an identity.