If we have ready answers to the same old arguments, we can spend more time making real change and less time engaging with nonsense
• Time to reset: more brilliant ideas to remake the world
Every day I get messages from people who have been sucked into “debating” the same predictable, repetitive arguments about race. These are both tired and tiring, but can be hard to respond to in the moment because it is shocking to be faced with wilful ignorance. Here are some of the comments and questions I hear most, and some useful prepared responses, so we can spend more time making real change and less time engaging with nonsense.
“All lives matter”
All lives should matter, yes. But all lives won’t matter until black lives matter, and at the moment we treat them as if they don’t.
from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3g32dG3
