39 ms·

http://imgur.com/5tbXR2c http://imgur.com/5tbXR2c

liquidise 14y ago
Now that is a truly impressive case of special pleading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_pleading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_pleading
- newnewnew 14y ago
  Actually, that is what they teach at university nowadays in race and gender studies departments, sociology, and other mushy social-sciences. My friends who went to places like Harvard all believe it.
  - StevenRayOrr 14y ago
    Care to elaborate? I think that's a misrepresentation of critical gender and race studies, because I happen to be in one of those very programs. I won't deny that it's a "mushy social science", but I think you're radically simplifying the field.
  - shardling 14y ago
    It's not a "belief". It's just predicated on an alternate definition of the term. (Unfortunately, many people on learning an exciting new definition of a word forget it has a more general meaning; confusion and stupid internet arguments ensue.)
  - drivebyacct2 14y ago
    I'm willing to bet a large amount of money that you misunderstood the point of that lesson/class.
untog 14y ago
That tweet was posted in 2009, way before her employment with SendGrid.
anonfunction 14y ago
The more I hear about the story and her unusually controversial twitter history, the more I don't understand what the big deal is.
paranoiacblack 14y ago
I don't understand what's wrong with this. This is quite literally the definition of racism in a sociological context: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism#Sociological http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism#Sociological. You're going to need to disprove a lot of social science before you tackle this definition.
- minimize_me 14y ago
  You could pop over to Zim to see what's wrong with that statement.
  - paranoiacblack 14y ago
    > pop over to Zim I don't know what this means. But please elaborate what's wrong with that statement. Please understand that a word's definition is not necessarily it's meaning.
    - cdelsolar 14y ago
      He's talking about Invader Zim; Zim is racist to the other kids because he is literally from an alien race, even though they have the power (he is a very ineffective invader).
    - minimize_me 13y ago
      Zimbabwe. Or South Africa.
- Someone 14y ago
  "Blacks cannot be racist against whites" does not logically follow from "racism can only come from the oppressor who has the power". The group in power can be black, as, for example, more or less is the case in the current South Africa, and may be the case in some subcultures (rappers? Basketball players? Some prisons?)
  - zem 14y ago
    adria seems to suffer from deep-seated us-centricity; witness her insistence that "lynching" was a racially-loaded term applied to black people.

Now that is a truly impressive case of special pleading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_pleading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_pleading

newnewnew 14y ago
Actually, that is what they teach at university nowadays in race and gender studies departments, sociology, and other mushy social-sciences. My friends who went to places like Harvard all believe it.
- StevenRayOrr 14y ago
  Care to elaborate? I think that's a misrepresentation of critical gender and race studies, because I happen to be in one of those very programs. I won't deny that it's a "mushy social science", but I think you're radically simplifying the field.
- shardling 14y ago
  It's not a "belief". It's just predicated on an alternate definition of the term. (Unfortunately, many people on learning an exciting new definition of a word forget it has a more general meaning; confusion and stupid internet arguments ensue.)
- drivebyacct2 14y ago
  I'm willing to bet a large amount of money that you misunderstood the point of that lesson/class.

untog 14y ago

That tweet was posted in 2009, way before her employment with SendGrid.

anonfunction 14y ago

The more I hear about the story and her unusually controversial twitter history, the more I don't understand what the big deal is.

paranoiacblack 14y ago

I don't understand what's wrong with this. This is quite literally the definition of racism in a sociological context: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism#Sociological http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism#Sociological. You're going to need to disprove a lot of social science before you tackle this definition.

minimize_me 14y ago
You could pop over to Zim to see what's wrong with that statement.
- paranoiacblack 14y ago
  > pop over to Zim I don't know what this means. But please elaborate what's wrong with that statement. Please understand that a word's definition is not necessarily it's meaning.
  - cdelsolar 14y ago
    He's talking about Invader Zim; Zim is racist to the other kids because he is literally from an alien race, even though they have the power (he is a very ineffective invader).
  - minimize_me 13y ago
    Zimbabwe. Or South Africa.
Someone 14y ago
"Blacks cannot be racist against whites" does not logically follow from "racism can only come from the oppressor who has the power". The group in power can be black, as, for example, more or less is the case in the current South Africa, and may be the case in some subcultures (rappers? Basketball players? Some prisons?)
- zem 14y ago
  adria seems to suffer from deep-seated us-centricity; witness her insistence that "lynching" was a racially-loaded term applied to black people.