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Study after study shows that shaming and guilting like this has the opposite effect on helping people overcome their racial biases. Instead it reinforces them.
You don& #39;t fight racism by guilting and shaming people - you fight it by getting people to see eye to eye as equals.
You don& #39;t fight racism by guilting and shaming people - you fight it by getting people to see eye to eye as equals.
It& #39;s also a big red flag that the biggest voice pushing this & #39;white people need to be perpetually guilty& #39; idea is a high-paid HR consultant white lady who is an author of a bestseller.
An HR consultant& #39;s role is to protect companies from liability, not solve racial tensions.
An HR consultant& #39;s role is to protect companies from liability, not solve racial tensions.
There& #39;s been numerous podcasts and articles dissecting why that book and the mentality it propagates actually *fuels* racism & racial divisions instead of eliminates it. Here& #39;s a good one. There& #39;s many more though that go even more indepth & cite studies https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/dehumanizing-condescension-white-fragility/614146/">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc...
Also the person who made that post was doing it to well....troll.
It& #39;s a troll post. In the classic sense of the term of & #39;trolling for replies.& #39;
They may sincerely believe it, but the whole point is to get themselves attention (negative and positive) by saying shit like that.
It& #39;s a troll post. In the classic sense of the term of & #39;trolling for replies.& #39;
They may sincerely believe it, but the whole point is to get themselves attention (negative and positive) by saying shit like that.
At the core of this shit is: It& #39;s fine to learn about how white people benefitted from racism, but demanding perpetual guilt is a recipe for reinforcing hate.
Treat people of different backgrounds as equals worthy of respect as any other equal. There& #39;s no magic trick to it.
Treat people of different backgrounds as equals worthy of respect as any other equal. There& #39;s no magic trick to it.
Here& #39;s a good podcast episode I can recommend on & #39;what to read instead& #39; of this kind of bogus guilt mentality that just reinforces racism & systemic injustice. https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/read-this-not-white-fragility-with-jared-loggins-and-wendi-muse/">https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/r...
What *has* been shown to be effective at reducing racial bias is getting people of different backgrounds to hang out and become friends. No special ritual involved - literally just people socializing normally and getting to like and know one another.
