What is behind the cancel-culture movement?
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Joel Brown talks about the need to allow people to grow, and the problems that arise when they are not given a chance to change. Racism doesn\\u2019t get eliminated by attacking people who want to stop racism but may say the wrong thing. That\\u2019s different than someone who is a racist, supports racism and takes actions to perpetuate racism.
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Everyone is going to make mistakes. What is the point of having conversations if we can\\u2019t do that? Joel says it\\u2019s making him tired. While some of these issues are valid, they don\\u2019t call for canceling people out. We need to be savvier.
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When do we allow benevolence to be a good thing? When the billionaire keynote speaker at Morehouse said he would pay off everyone\\u2019s school loans, someone asked on social media \\u201cwhy didn\\u2019t they do that for Spelman?\\u201d
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People are angry, not being heard, and want to be heard. Other people are cosigning because they don\\u2019t want the other person to be in pain.
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There is a hypersensitivity to issues that have not been addressed. At the same time, there needs to be room for conversation.
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The USA has not dealt with its history of racism and slavery. We need to figure it out, or nothing will change. By calling out every single thing someone says, and putting so much energy in shutting people down, we end up not dealing with systemic racism.
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It\\u2019s easier to deflect from our own issues by making someone else \\u201cthe enemy\\u201d when they are on our side. If we want to eliminate racism, we need more dialogue, conversation and education.
Conversations on race can only happen when people are open to listening, learning and talking.
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If we want change, we have to look at manifestations of racism. Ex. At a high school white kids had \\u201cthug day,\\u201d and dressed up as their stereotype of Black rappers. The white woman who exposed it was getting death threats. More attention needs to be on those issues and why this is going on.
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Different issues need to have different consequences. We need to address how egregious is it? What were the intentions? How willing is the person to listen, learn and change?
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Joel also says that it\\u2019s essential for people of color to learn about each other, that Black people need to learn about Asian people, Asian people need to learn about LatinX people, etc.\\xa0 Just because people consider themselves a person of color doesn\\u2019t mean they understand or have any contact with people from other groups and may have biases about other groups.
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There is too much conversation and too many people saying that Democratic candidates for president are not \\u201cgay enough\\u201d \\u201cBlack enough\\u201d or made a comment 20 years ago. If we want to defeat Trump, we will need to get behind whoever is running. Change and progress don\\u2019t happen under repression. Racism, loss of rights, gender inequality only gets worse. Hate crimes go up.
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People can create change under a liberal government. It\\u2019s up to the people to take power together. Even under Obama, changes like gay marriage happened as a result of people putting pressure.
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Increase in tribalism makes it easier for people to be co-opted, particularly white people who are alienated, many of whom are being targeted and recruited by white supremacists.
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Solutions
Look at ourselves
What part do we play, what do we need to change about ourselves?
How do I heal myself?
Hold politicians accountable, even those that look like us
Everyone needs to vote- think of the most vulnerable
Have the conversation
Have more conversations on race, real conversations beyond social media
We need to be in the same spaces and think about things differently
See the \\u201cother side.\\u201d We need to listen and hear the basis for other people\\u2019s thinking
People who are privileged have to look at what part they play and look at imbalance
We all have privilege and power in some level and need to share
Recognize when someone is making a good faith effort and be patient and educate
This is different than someone who is an active racist?
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