Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC...
by MockObject on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @01:30PM
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> So it's... not Marxism at all. None of the rest of Marx makes sense if you replace "class" with "race".
Correct, and in fact, many Marxists are virulently against CRT/wokeness, because it distracts from class as the central conflict in society.
Critics crudely call CRT/wokeness "Marxist" because it's a conflict perspective.
Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC...
by tptacek on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @02:26PM
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Right, but the world is full of conflict perspectives, not least among right-wingers. They can't all be Marxists, just because Gramsci came up with an ultra-generalizable concept.
(I think we agree, just writing it down to clarify my thoughts).
Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC...
by MockObject on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @02:32PM
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We do agree here.
It's interesting that calling CRT "Marxist" gives the Fox News watchers a familiar enemy to fulminate against, and it gives the CRT peddlers themselves unearned credibility as dangerous dissidents, so it's a misidentification that serves everyone but the dwindling number of actual Marxists, and pedants bent on accuracy.
The meaning is clear in context because you know who he's talking about. But you just called this "the best description you've seen", and it's not a description in the least.
I don't care that you disagree with DEI types and with wokeism in general. I have my own qualms! But don't elevate hucksters like Rufo. And stop following him on Twitter. He's a clown.