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Lee Fang
One rhetorical trend on the left is using the term “structural” for everything, often for problems that are just interpersonal or anecdotal. The word is rapidly losing meaning.
Jamie McCallum
No, there’s a growing recognition on the left that systems of oppression are more usefully described as structural than interpersonal. This is a good thing. In fact, accusations of interpersonal racism still dominate the way we think about racism. Which is not good.
ManTheStateAndVore
There is no recognition, precisely the opposite. Leftists use "structural" as a buzzword to rationalize a praxis focused entirely on personal and group psychic purification. "Structural bigotry" = "pervasive sorcery", actual material analysis of structures is ignored.
One rhetorical trend on the left is using the term “structural” for everything, often for problems that are just interpersonal or anecdotal. The word is rapidly losing meaning.
Jamie McCallum
No, there’s a growing recognition on the left that systems of oppression are more usefully described as structural than interpersonal. This is a good thing. In fact, accusations of interpersonal racism still dominate the way we think about racism. Which is not good.
ManTheStateAndVore
There is no recognition, precisely the opposite. Leftists use "structural" as a buzzword to rationalize a praxis focused entirely on personal and group psychic purification. "Structural bigotry" = "pervasive sorcery", actual material analysis of structures is ignored.