I thought this was a very good op-ed today on the crises (note the plurality) in America and why social justice activism does little to actually change things. For those of us who actually want to help, implementing actual policy, changing laws, and organizing the community to fill in economic and social gaps is key to actually making lasting change, not getting worked up over woke signaling.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/o...-protests.html
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The Social Justice activists sometimes claim that if you don’t like their tactics then you are not fighting for racial equity or economic justice or whatever. But those movements all existed long before Social Justice affixed itself to them and tried to change their methods.
The core problem is that the Social Justice theory of change doesn’t produce much actual change. Corporations are happy to adopt some woke symbols and hold a few consciousness-raising seminars and go on their merry way. Worse, this method has no theory of politics.
How exactly is all this cultural agitation going to lead to legislation that will decrease income disparities, create better housing policies or tackle the big challenges that I listed above? That part is never spelled out. In fact, the Sturm und Drang makes political work harder. You can’t purify your way to a governing majority.
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