Thread by @17cShyteposter

Again, this is a logically consistent position for them to take. If differences in racial outcomes are widespread, persistent for generations, and resistant to all interventions, those differences have to be caused by *something*

If not racism... then what *is* the cause?

https://twitter.com/ConceptualJames/status/1389066685156663297

This is the Gordion knot multicultural liberalism has made for itself, and why it's doomed. It has no escape hatch, it either has to admit that yes, society *is* oppressing marginalized groups... or yes, turns out there are significant genetic differences between groups. Whoops

It can attempt to buy itself a little time by saying the differences are "cultural," but progressivism will just reroute this into a form of oppression

What, are you saying your culture is *better* than ours? How can yours be "better" when it's marginalizing everyone else?

And just to ironclad the point, if genes *aren't* the cause, then it must be society that's racist, one way or another: so if you deny this, guess what, that does make you a racist. They're right to accuse you of that, it would be illogical not to

Which brings you right back to square one: systemic racism is real, *or* genetic differences are real

Either one marks game over for the society you're trying to defend. Its contradictions have become too nakedly exposed to be brushed back under the rug

This is the huge hole in Lindsay-type arguments. Of course racial quotas are racist, yes eliminating standardized tests is hilariously insane. You've got 'em there

But what is *your explanation*? What science, logic, or narrative do you have to counter the oppressed/oppressor narrative, to explain why major racial gaps exist, but they're actually fine, it's no big deal?

Cause if you do think we're all the same, that sounds kind of crazy

In the cage you've put yourself in, you can't provide either a narratively satisfying counter or a logically consistent one.

This is a fundamentally losing position. Until you can square your own circle, you will always lose—until you decide to finally acquiesce, or win.