"... we know that all black life matters and must not be reduced to just black and brown interactions with law enforcement." - Black Lives Matter Foundation, Mission Statement (2019)
"Because talk about, what's that expression, “circle of empathy”? That it's easier to have empathy for people of your own kind."
Circle of Sympathy. Adam Smith. From his book The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
I really like his moral theory. One of the best I've come across.
And, in this particular scenario I do not suspect Crump or Sharpton's circles of sympathy have transformed; I suspect that, by bringing attention to this incident, they see potential gain for whatever circles they have in fact sympathy with.
Unfortunately, it is common for black people and black public figures to have a very strong sense of racial solidarity. In other words, one of their circles of sympathy is random black people; and random white people,or even random Americans are not in a circle of sympathy at all. The racial solidarity is so great that Tony Timpa like events do not matter to them morally. If white people manifest the same kind of racial solidarity, it is commonly viewed as racist. White nationalism, for example, is one expression of white solidarity that is unfortunately mirrored by many black people and many black public figures, but when black people express it, it is not only tolerated, it is celebrated by many of the same people who denounce the white variety. Such celebration of black racial tribalism is poisonous to the culture of black people in general. It creates obstacles to embracing culture that should be universally virtuous such as the pursuit of rational objectivity, attention to detail, and time management; stuff that -- because of racial tribalism -- has been erroneously classified as "Whiteness" by the Church of the Awoken and internalized by many black people in general.
Are you serious? This was clearly pandering and methodical because they feel like they are losing the narrative politically.. white people have been killed by cops for years now they care. Please. This was 100% a calculated move and a form of tokenism to the more moderate end of the progressive spectrum.
"... we know that all black life matters and must not be reduced to just black and brown interactions with law enforcement." - Black Lives Matter Foundation, Mission Statement (2019)
Glenn Loury scores another point for the left!
"Because talk about, what's that expression, “circle of empathy”? That it's easier to have empathy for people of your own kind."
Circle of Sympathy. Adam Smith. From his book The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
I really like his moral theory. One of the best I've come across.
And, in this particular scenario I do not suspect Crump or Sharpton's circles of sympathy have transformed; I suspect that, by bringing attention to this incident, they see potential gain for whatever circles they have in fact sympathy with.
Unfortunately, it is common for black people and black public figures to have a very strong sense of racial solidarity. In other words, one of their circles of sympathy is random black people; and random white people,or even random Americans are not in a circle of sympathy at all. The racial solidarity is so great that Tony Timpa like events do not matter to them morally. If white people manifest the same kind of racial solidarity, it is commonly viewed as racist. White nationalism, for example, is one expression of white solidarity that is unfortunately mirrored by many black people and many black public figures, but when black people express it, it is not only tolerated, it is celebrated by many of the same people who denounce the white variety. Such celebration of black racial tribalism is poisonous to the culture of black people in general. It creates obstacles to embracing culture that should be universally virtuous such as the pursuit of rational objectivity, attention to detail, and time management; stuff that -- because of racial tribalism -- has been erroneously classified as "Whiteness" by the Church of the Awoken and internalized by many black people in general.
Are you serious? This was clearly pandering and methodical because they feel like they are losing the narrative politically.. white people have been killed by cops for years now they care. Please. This was 100% a calculated move and a form of tokenism to the more moderate end of the progressive spectrum.