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It's Possible to be Antiracist and Proponent of Free Speech at the Same Time

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Summary: There's this growing rhetoric or innuendo that equates proponents of free speech with racists; moreover, those who reject censorship are being framed or presented as proponents of racist views

THERE'S a lot more to racism than expression of racist views and issuance of racist statements (directly and indirectly). That's why terms like "institutional racism" have gained ground. Companies that hire not a single black person (or not a single black person for a top role) lecture us about overt racism, even when they're overly racist themselves (as institutions). We recently spoke of the Linux Foundation as an example of this. The Linux Foundation is just one of many. They're always open... for business. They're always inclusive... of companies such as Raytheon that kill countless "nonwhites".



"Judge people by those they choose to associate with (when you're not around)."We're open to real solutions and generally reject shallow posturing that the victims typically don't even appreciate (because it doesn't actually address their real grievances and deeper injustices).

As I put it the other day in Social Control Media, Red Hat says: we need to tackle racism by changing words in code.

Us: how about you actually hire black people? How many did you hire?

Red Hat: 0.

Us: well, why not?

Red Hat: they're not smart.

Us: Well, THAT'S kind of racist.

Solving the problem of institutional racism is a lot more expensive to these corporations than just talking about the problem or restricting words we can use when talking. Judge people by those they choose to associate with (when you're not around). Not only by what they say to your face (tailoring their custom-made message to you).

The Open Org



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