2020 Presidential Election

[Orema]

Originally Posted by CherylNYC

Yes, I agree that some people won't care about justice until injustice touches them personally. That's a universal truth, but the writer seems to think anti-racism activism is slightly ridiculous. He doesn't write about 'some' liberals. He generalizes about liberals. Period. He specifically claims that the entire Democratic party is being pushed to a reactive stance by liberal white guilt. The thing that gives his bias away is that he doesn't ever mention the possibility that people who are not black might be interested in racial justice because it's simply the right thing to do. Only that they're feeling guilty and/or that it's a new strategy.

I think the headline sets the tone. Mildly derisive. Scare quotes around 'White Guilt'. The tone of the rest of article doesn't get any better. I get upset about this sort of thing because it's so important. The faint whiff of ridicule will turn a person sour.

I think you're reading more into this than there is. He writes about (all) White liberals having stronger attitudes on race than ever before, but that's not assigning guilt to all White anti-racists. His stance on changing attitudes explains why candidates are discussing race as never before—they are forced to (thank goodness) because of those changing attitudes. This is the crux of the article.

I found all of his points valid and felt no sense of ridicule nor intentional derisiveness.

We will continue to disagree on this.