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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So sorry OP. This is terrible. I say this as a mixed race woman too.  Finding new ways to categorize, separate and embarrass is not the way forward.  I was a philosophy major and am well aware of the meta narratives Foucault and Derrida were hoping to tear down. I think of her neo Marxist like Adorno and Marcuse before the postmodernists of the 60s. It is a bizarre philosophy that was mostly started in relation to area studies, especially Mideast Studies on the form of Said’s Orientalism.  It trickles down into race with Kimberlee Crenshaw and her theory of intersectionality in the early 90s now it’s Kendi and DiAngelo and that sounds like what this teacher is parroting.

It sad that most people mean well, don’t want to be racist and want a more equitable society.  All very good intentions.  The problem is the super flawed theory being used to achieve progress only leads to further division.  So hopeful we wil do better but this latest way is not it. [/quote]

+1.  I'm not educated in philosophy, but I agree with everything you've said and I've believed it for a long time.    This is definitely NOT the way to overcome racism and it is absolutely making the situation worse.

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