I don't think it makes sense to navigate social issues without bias. If I'm looking to solve for any social issue, I'm certainly going to be biased towards results that help towards my objective.
We can't for example say we want more women in Tech and think we can do so without displaying bias. Even going against the status quo is a demonstration of bias.
Our time and energy isn't infinite. Our choices reflect our priorities, our biases.
The definition of bias generally implies unfairness, but here's the thing, a lot of people love the status quo and think attempts to change it are unfair.
Ultimately what we must do is stick to and defend our principles and goals.
I just want people to be honest with themselves, figure out what they want, and stand for it.
Not everyone will agree with your values, and that's okay.
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- Material
- King safety
- Piece Activity
- Pawn structure
Stronger players have much deeper understandings of these concepts and sub-factors within, but we all can use these at our own levels.
So in this position:
- White is down in material (1 less pawn).
- Black's king is safer (less access points to it)
- White has a better pawn structure (that pawn on d6 can't be defended by pawns)
- Black has more active and scary pieces (Queen and Bishop near white king)
Police are too quick to break up and use violence against protests about police brutality, racism and Indigenous rights.
Police are too slow to break up protests about Covid mandates.
It's hard not to see the role demographics plays there.
I believe in the right to protest, even if it inconveniences. I also believe that the state has a responsibility to act when it exceeds reasonable limits. Like most cases of civil disobedience, arrests are an expected cost to pay. If no cost, no deterrence.
Individuals who disperse when asked to shouldn't face consequences. Authorities shouldn't escalate with violence (e.g beatings). There's a balance, and the refusal to make it clear that the balance isn't driven by demographics and politics, speaks volumes.
I'd like to remind people that heterodox implies atypical or even fringe.
It tells you nothing about reasonableness or correctness.
"Here's this heterodox black person that has a different opinion about racism than you do" reflects way less on me than some people may think.
Tells me some stuff about the person using the argument though.
Really interesting how Identity Politics and Standpoint Epistemology are embraced by those looking to their favorite black people to help them dismiss racism.