Re:Why Futurism Has a Cultural Blindspot
by TazeTSchnitzel on Monday September 14, 2015 @10:07AM
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That's true. People from oppressed groups are more pessimistic about the future.
Or, well, pessimistic at all. One of the weird things about the post-war West is most people honestly expect the future to be better.
On the other hand if someone comes from a background where they feel oppressed, they're going to write that into their work.
That's part of the point of the article. People continue to extrapolate from what they view culture currently is, as if it continues indefinitely into the future. I think based on that "white men" are going to view it as being more pleasant and fair (i.e. their own experience) than minorities.