social justice

Cui bono?

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A recent page from Atomic Robo had some really good dialog on history (as Robo is teaching a new AI about the world), and I wanted to share it. Choice quotes: “[History]’s constructing a story about the past to justify the shape of the present. Or someone’s vision of the future.” “…Always ask yourself: who … Cui bono?

Phrasing

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I think I’ve figured out what bothers me about the phrases “this is not normal” and “don’t normalize this.” I’ve said for a while that if you listen to marginalized people, the things we say “this is not normal” about actually are normal, they’ve just been said and done more politely. Instead, I think we … Phrasing