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Originally Posted by craig.caulks
Is ok for this whitey to think that the logos are offensive without pretending to speak for ANYONE else?
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Everybody has a right to their opinion, so in that sense, absolutely.
But I do think a common hindrance to trying to improve the situation of *
enter a group of non-whites here* is white people trying to fix things.
No matter how good the ideas tend to sounds to "us", historically speaking what ever we try, it has a very high propability of backfiring or being completely useless. It also has a high propability of leading to half-measures and overreactions, and tends to strengthen the existing power-dynamics instead of changing them. And honestly I do think "white superiority complex" is a significant factor that is almost impossible to avoid. I often catch myself with it.
I'm not at all against political correctness. I'm 100% behind trying to improve the situation of the descendants of so-called native Americans. Show me the studies, make arguments that are better grounded in methodology of empowerment and improvement of ethnic relations, give me polls done among First Nations and I'm 100% behind
you some native person/group.
But when people sound all "won't someone think of People of First Nations", I get very cynical and would rather err on the side of doing nothing.
I guess that is stereotypically European
Sorry.