Re:Poor in Tech
by bluecalm on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @01:07PM
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Opposition to welfare programs happens in countries without race related problems as well. How do you distinguish between such opposition if you're going along with "that affects particular race more that's why they oppose it" argument. You can paint everyone to be racist this way.
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Opposition to welfare is not racist per se. But it has been used by politicians and pundits in the US as a dog whistle to drive a racial wedge between white and Black Americans. It's not explicit, and that's the point [0].
0. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwa...
Yeah, it has been used but the way the argument goes it's impossible to form an argument against a welfare program without being painted a racist.
What I mean is that a line of reasoning so often used these days: "this affects race X more therefore it's racist/racially motivated" is just incorrect thinking.