I'm a bit wooly-headed myself today, so it took me over an hour to type the above to Thorf. Better keep this one shorter.
I guess the short version of what i'm trying to say is that discussions and analysis of privilege are useful, in fact necessary, but group stereotypes like Privileged White Folks, with implications of collective ignorance and/or guilt, are likely to be counterproductive by provoking a defensive response in exactly the people who most need to examine their own positions (myself included).
I'm not an expert in social theory (and more of an inactivist these days) but one thing i have been thinking a lot about in recent years is the way in which the left/liberal/green/fluffy end of politics tend to alienate the people who most need to be convinced. This just strikes me as another.
Hope it didn't sound like i was having a go at you, more a critique of strategy was the intent.
Pleased to meet you, by the way (if we haven't before).
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I'm a bit wooly-headed myself today, so it took me over an hour to type the above to Thorf. Better keep this one shorter.
I guess the short version of what i'm trying to say is that discussions and analysis of privilege are useful, in fact necessary, but group stereotypes like Privileged White Folks, with implications of collective ignorance and/or guilt, are likely to be counterproductive by provoking a defensive response in exactly the people who most need to examine their own positions (myself included).
I'm not an expert in social theory (and more of an inactivist these days) but one thing i have been thinking a lot about in recent years is the way in which the left/liberal/green/fluffy end of politics tend to alienate the people who most need to be convinced. This just strikes me as another.
Hope it didn't sound like i was having a go at you, more a critique of strategy was the intent.
Pleased to meet you, by the way (if we haven't before).