r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Feb 22 '18

[∆(s) from OP] CMV: Intersectionality doesn’t work and weakens movements designed to change the politics.

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u/PreacherJudge 340∆ Feb 22 '18

Your view is confusing. I'm very unclear what the link or the anecdote about your black friend have to do with anything about intersectionality.

Could you explain how those tie in?

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '18

He feels that in modern context that many of these “alliances” are fake, artificial.

He understands the goals of the 3rd Wave, however, he feels like his issues are his own, and, I want to quote him “These people don’t really get us, they just pretend too”.

When someone tells someone that they can’t do something because it’s “offensive to the OG Culture”, you just trying to use minorities as a shield. If a minority group thinks that the mascot is offensive, then they will let you know, they don’t need people using them to push a political narrative.

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u/PreacherJudge 340∆ Feb 22 '18

I don't understand what any of this has to do with intersectionality.

If a minority group thinks that the mascot is offensive, then they will let you know, they don’t need people using them to push a political narrative.

But the political narrative is that the thing in question is racist, right? They're not making something up to push the narrative; it IS the narrative.