WhyRegisterHere? wrote:
Academic multiculturalists have decided that only those in "dominant culture" can be racist because they have defined racism so as to require exercise of power to oppress others based on racial difference. Therefore, those in dominant culture can be, and are defined writ large to be racist, while those who are oppressed can only be prejudiced. They argue that prejudice does not allow exercise of oppressive power.
So, according to their twisted definitions and narrative, dominant culture is racist and those who identify with monocultural dominant elements are racist even if unknowingly. The oppressed can be merely prejudiced.
In other words, if you are white in the US, you are part of the racist dominant monoculture whether you know it or not. You are racist and to not acknowledge same make you ignorant but no less racist. The oppressed, people of color, can be prejudiced against you but cannot themselves be racist because they have no power within the dominant culture to oppress you. This ideology requires a rejection of 'dominant monoculture' by white people and active 'anti-racist' positioning on their part, if they are to avoid being racists. Sounds reasonable on the surface but it falls apart with even a little bit of consideration, IMO.
The current multicultural, twisted group think defines white people as racist, period, and people of color as not, period. They go so far as to insist that the entire idea of the American melting pot is wrong, because they see the melting pot as consisting of immigrants having to lose their culture and identity so as to conform with dominant monoculture. They see no hybrid culture, see none of the wonders of our blended society that those of us who are not ideologically pure do.
I could go on and on. I spent a lot of time in academia trying to make sense of these Orwellian ideas that have become so mainstream that to argue against them brings being tarred as a racist. One of the primary features of academic multiculturalism is that it allows no room for contrary thought. One adheres to the orthodoxy or is (likely) a racist. It really does become that simple when you follow the logic trains that build the dogma.
I have become convinced that current multicultural thought is poison. It creates endless cycles of victimhood and want-for-retribution. It rejects the idea of a melded but whole society. It allows no reasonable conversation among people. It seeks what the orthodox call restorative justice, which IMO is nothing more than retributive justice. Ultimately, it seeks to replace power with power.
This is an excellent analysis.