Kendi makes sense when he says “Black people don’t exist biologically or behaviorally.” But then he admits they do exist “culturally.” And he loses me when he rejects the legitimacy of making any cultural comparisons at all since they imply hierarchy. 1/
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Any researcher who asks about cultural deficiencies “must create a cultural standard to answer that question. And once that cultural standard is created, cultural hierarchy is created. And once that culture hierarchy is created, culturally racist ideas are created.” 2/
Any researcher who asks about cultural deficiencies “must create a cultural standard to answer that question. And once that cultural standard is created, cultural hierarchy is created. And once that culture hierarchy is created, culturally racist ideas are created.” 2/
So the argument is that any cultural critiques are inherently illegitimate or even racist. Each cultire is as good or bad as the next.
This argument is not new but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it gain such unquestioning mainstream and elite traction.
Americans are in trouble.
This argument is not new but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it gain such unquestioning mainstream and elite traction.
Americans are in trouble.
The problem with Kendi’s logic is not that judging by standards does not technically introduce hierarchies. It does.
The problem with Kendi’s logic is that it seems to eschew the simple fact that reality (not even just human reality but all reality) is hierarchical.
The problem with Kendi’s logic is that it seems to eschew the simple fact that reality (not even just human reality but all reality) is hierarchical.
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