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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
I agree with the 3 above posts.
But I also don't see what they have to do with anything in Jordan Peterson article we are discussing.
His points were (a) white male, heterosexual people are being discriminated against and (b) because of these discriminations - we are bringing in less talented people.
Rich people holding down poor people and liberal leaders speaking in acronyms and never actually helping anyone are true - but not relevant.
Cliff seems to agreeing with Peterson's points.
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I would agree that many white people are being discriminated against on a micro level. There are certainly white people who did not get certain opportunities due to their race. Overall, obviously it's rich white men who remain in power, but that power is not evenly distributed amongst socio-economic classes. So when identity politics holds people of a race responsible for the discrimination of another race, the brunt of that burden is not held equitably and falls disproportionality on the poor.
The problem with Peterson is that he takes what is essentially a class war, doesn't tell the whole story, and then uses that to make sweeping generalizations about race, gender, sexuality, etc.. that simply aren't true.