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Why would Indigenous people have to follow tradition? I believe it is racist (or sexist) to say that a group of people cannot do something because that is not s
by badcppdev 3y ago
Why would Indigenous people have to follow tradition? I believe it is racist (or sexist) to say that a group of people cannot do something because that is not something they've done in the past.
For Mr Gordon Price to imply that a group should not do something because it has not been done before is him trying to deny their agency.
- coldtea 3y ago>Why would Indigenous people have to follow tradition? They don't "have to". But they can break with it in a nice way or in a bad way. Same way a culture can change their tradition in a respectful way or to replace it with McDonalds and Starbucks for example. This is not confined to "indigenous people". The same critique can and does apply to any group.
- trimethylpurine 3y agoNo one said they do. The article provides no background or context from which one could conclude an implication that "a group should not do something because it has not been done before." He didn't say that. The article attempts very poorly to imply that meaning. You've created a dummy to punch and you're punching it. Unfortunately this is all too common. It's called a straw man fallacy.