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ZurakZigil t1_j5iptdn wrote

Reply to comment by swimnemofish in Racial diversity in top tech & biotech companies [OC] by teamongered

I agree there's wealth inequality (and growing rapidly), and it has a huge play in situations like this... but ignoring "identity politics" doesn't help us solve these issues any quicker.

No one is saying it's only because white people don't like ___ people except the people that get immediately pissed when they see posts like this. It's a systematic issue, and one of the key issues is wealth disparity. But I hope you also see that's the issue. That's the entire problem. Your "solution" is also the problem. That's why they have tried to tackle identity politics...to solve the wealth inequality.

edit: Still want to clarify your first comment...definitely off the wall lol

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United_Target8942 t1_j5iyk99 wrote

Focusing on identity politics won't do much to solve wealth inequality. Wealth inequality is caused by class-based policies. Furthermore, if identity politics becomes the main focus, it alienates much of the public. Class politics has a much larger common interest.

There's a lot of cynicism to be had when countries like South Africa get rid of apartheid but then the country goes ultracapitalist, resulting in extremely high unemployment and inequality.

Also the reason identity politics is discussed more is because the rich tolerate it more. They don't care that much about it because for most of industry it doesn't effect them very much. This is in stark contrast to class politics, most of the scholars that critique class don't get much mainstream media attention.

It's also the reason why mainstream discussion of identity politics is focused more towards things like job equality rather than the seriously egregious examples of racial oppression like the mass incarceration system, which has produced over a million slaves, legally.

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