hi folks,
2) Questions about - fairness, equity, "return of surplus", redistribution
of wealth, reparations- choose your wording, but however you look at it, it
is going to be crucial esp as we go (further) over the curve into decent
and decline. So much of PC is currently practiced, taught, organized etc
within privilegded circles, and this is not just a 'moral' issue, but a deep
ethical one as it challenges our ability to be effective in our goals.
Fortunately lots of folks are conscious about this, and working on it. I
believe Rafter Sass may well be as influential in these areas of thinking
for the young folks as some of the elder writers have been on other PC
issues in the past. http://www.liberationecology.org/
3) Questions about HOW we strategize, and organize etc. I think this can
be at least partially expressed in this -difference- between "radical" and
"liberal" approaches to social change. There has always been alot of
expression of "liberal" beliefs in PC circles in the past - the belief that
"aha moments" in individuals can be the drivers for social change and
transformation, and that individual "change" is the key to our success. I
think in general most young people these days resonate more with "radical"
solutions though. That doesn't mean that radicals completely dismiss that
individual changes occur, and that they aren't important, but the 'radicals'
just feel that this type of change is simply not enough, and never will be,
and that we have to approach/attack the systems that cause the problems, not
just the individuals.*
Lierre Keith is another thinker* that i believe has as much influence on
young people as anyone in PC circles does, and she illustrates the
difference between radical and liberal thinking very well:
http://www.inthewake.org/keith1.html
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