I think we agree overwhelmingly! My objection was more specifically to bi activism as an example of how progress gets made, because (as a bi) I've never actually seen any bi activism by that name that a) was about economic issues (unless we count 'promoting suspect stats about domestic violence'), or b) targeted the straight majority instead of other queer people. But we're getting pretty far afield, and I don't want to clutter up Lemur's comments too much.
Here's the article, btw---I highly recommend it if you get 20 min this weekend. The Case for Reparations
"will that entirely resolve the Animal Farm problem of formerly oppressed people turning into oppressors?"
Reminds me of a passage in a memoir I just picked up that was talking anecdotally about people turning their own (very real!) experiences of oppression into a way of controlling others. Which I think is also what Conflict Is Not Abuse is about, but I haven't gotten to that one yet... argh, so much to read, so little time.
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Date: 2019-04-12 04:46 pm (UTC)Here's the article, btw---I highly recommend it if you get 20 min this weekend. The Case for Reparations
"will that entirely resolve the Animal Farm problem of formerly oppressed people turning into oppressors?"
Reminds me of a passage in a memoir I just picked up that was talking anecdotally about people turning their own (very real!) experiences of oppression into a way of controlling others. Which I think is also what Conflict Is Not Abuse is about, but I haven't gotten to that one yet... argh, so much to read, so little time.