Orwellian11/14/2022 The most noted skirmish of the anti-othering crusade happened in an English class at Iowa State, where the syllabus gave this now-notorious “GIANT WARNING”: The crusade against “othering” has become a prominent component of the diversity and inclusive movement, with over 1.5M google hits for this odd neologism. Recently, I noticed yet another fine mess of diversity and inclusion doublethink: the crusade against “ othering.” What does “othering” mean? Defining other groups of human beings as objectionably different in order to rationalize the poor treatment they receive at your hands. Nowadays they routinely mock and dismiss critics for the color of their skin – then accuse those they mock and dismiss of “white fragility.” The diversity and inclusion movement is nominally devoted to fervent “anti-racism.” In practice, however, they are the only prominent openly racist movement I have encountered during my life in the United States. Out of all the major political movements on Earth, none is more Orwellian than “social justice.” No other movement is so dedicated to achieving the opposite of what its slogans proclaim – or so aggressive in the warping of language.ġ. I recently characterized “diversity and inclusion” as a deeply Orwellian movement – doublethink all the way:
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