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Racism is often defined as systems of prejudice favoring a particular race. As a society, we've moved away from racism into an even nastier opposite, antiracism, which is centered around dismantling these systems of prejudice. We can observe that antiracism is a thinly veiled excuse for anti-white hatred, but even at its best, an antiracist society would deny the distinctions between the races and be unable to defeat the in-group bias (i.e. racism) that every race has without leaning into either racism or anti-white hatred. It is therefore clear to me that antiracism is worse than racism.
Could the solution be anti-antiracism, which would seek to dismantle systems that want to dismantle systemic racism? An anti-antiracist would consider the main problem antiracists and antiracist groups. A practical example is that while a racist would see the George Floyd riots as simply a black or a Jew problem, an anti-antiracist would see opposition to racism as the real issue, since neither BLM nor their allies like the SPLC could do anything without antiracist allies who come from all races. An anti-antiracist would consider race hustlers like Ibram X. Kendi as just as bad, if not worse, then, say, David Duke. Anti-antiracism would acknowledge differences in races and not particularly care when people treat each other differently based on race and would oppose civil rights legislation, but not necessarily support segregation or official discrimination.
Counterarguments would be that anti-antiracism sounds a lot like the failed "colorblind society" model (which IMO is unworkable without strong ideology/laws) or perhaps like your typical Trump fanboy pointing to token blacks in MAGA hats. I can definitely see how both antiracism and anti-antiracism are forms of racism, which suggests that it might be better to simply try and redeem racism. Race realism is a good step toward the latter goal although I could even see anti-antiracism as just a synonym for race realism. Is anti-antiracism just libertarian racism?
What do you think, Kiwifarmers?
Could the solution be anti-antiracism, which would seek to dismantle systems that want to dismantle systemic racism? An anti-antiracist would consider the main problem antiracists and antiracist groups. A practical example is that while a racist would see the George Floyd riots as simply a black or a Jew problem, an anti-antiracist would see opposition to racism as the real issue, since neither BLM nor their allies like the SPLC could do anything without antiracist allies who come from all races. An anti-antiracist would consider race hustlers like Ibram X. Kendi as just as bad, if not worse, then, say, David Duke. Anti-antiracism would acknowledge differences in races and not particularly care when people treat each other differently based on race and would oppose civil rights legislation, but not necessarily support segregation or official discrimination.
Counterarguments would be that anti-antiracism sounds a lot like the failed "colorblind society" model (which IMO is unworkable without strong ideology/laws) or perhaps like your typical Trump fanboy pointing to token blacks in MAGA hats. I can definitely see how both antiracism and anti-antiracism are forms of racism, which suggests that it might be better to simply try and redeem racism. Race realism is a good step toward the latter goal although I could even see anti-antiracism as just a synonym for race realism. Is anti-antiracism just libertarian racism?
What do you think, Kiwifarmers?
