[ricardoplouis]

Given the stark racial inequality we have today due to compounding wealth from centuries of colonialism and slavery, it seems diversity is the bare minimum we could do to address such a burden, and it's a shame that is even considered controversial. Is there an "unoffensive" solution to address this history or should we all just get along and pretend it didn't happen?

[colpabar]

Nope! The bare minimum we could do is start getting mad about how rich the rich are, and stop fighting among ourselves. Diversity is a tool used by the rich to keep us from uniting against them, and sadly it is really effective.

[x86_64Ubuntu]

How come every time systemic or structural racism is brought up, the discussion instantly pivots to it being "divisive" and the real battle being class consciousness or something.

[Sir_Liigmaz]

Because race is a tool of the elites. Most structural racism is a side-effect of the rich exploiting the poor.

[ricardoplouis]

There is truth to the matter, but it's also because class conscious groups fail to recognize that they perpetuate the same racism, sexism, etc... that the elites do.

Coincidentally, ignoring race as an issue is the one issue many people on both sides of the political spectrum can get down with even though economic equality does not guarantee racial equality.

[x86_64Ubuntu]

No one on the Left is about ignoring race as an issue. That's pretty much a right-wing trope 100%.

[ricardoplouis]

I've personally seen the race problem in multiple large scale socialist orgs, but feel free to ignore the criticism.

[colpabar]

> class consciousness or something

Because I don't think the corporations and institutions that made society the way it is can buy their way out of it by claiming to be "diverse". If we want change, we have to demand it from the people who control society, and guess what? That is not you or me, it's the people with all of the money and all of the land.