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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Serious question: what's the approved DCUM view about replacement theory, is it just right-wing fear and white supremacy, or does it also include the well-established and often touted fact that the US population is quickly moving towards being primarily minorities. [/quote]

It's de facto not a "theory," if you're just rationally talking about data and statistics.

It becomes a "theory" when you try to attribute malice and blame to the changing data. And even worse, when you try to "stop the change"...presumably through murder and deportation of American citizens.[/quote]

I'm sympathetic to this view that discussing demographic shifts in terms of data and statistics should not be criticized. I agree that attributing fears to the shift is problematic. But what about attributing hope to the shift? I feel that these are flip sides of the same coin. For someone to be happy about a different demographic mix in the future must mean they view the current mix to be inferior in comparison. [/quote]
[b]Framing like this denies that there is a power dynamic at play. [/b]As a non-white person married to a white person, I don't think that one particular ethnic/racial mix is fundamentally better than another. But I do think that there is a power asymmetry in the US, and our laws, systems, and institutions favor white people...though most do so indirectly these days.[b] In a democracy, demographic shifts that give non-white people more electoral power give me hope that we can start passing laws and building institutions that are more equitable. [/b]Too many people (and not even just white people, also non-white people who've managed to eke out some privilege) want to jump to race neutral without recognizing that we're still living with the legacy of racist policies that disadvantage non-white people.[/quote]

Well said. 
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