Will Shetterly
1 min readJan 4, 2022

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1. "Identitarian" includes all social identities, not just race.

2. Recognizing identitarianism exists does not make anyone identitarian. Do you think social identities don't exist?

3.a. Race was institutionalized in colonial law after Bacon's Rebellion to divide us by race. I'd say that makes the concept inherently divisive.

3.b. The rich decided this, sometimes by law, sometimes by custom. They prefer law because it's simpler and it forces the working class to obey--see Jim Crow.

Never said universal logic is universal. Obviously, identitarians exist.

4. By "worst", I meant most extreme. When Malcolm X was with NOI, he was extremely identitarian. When he renounced Elijah Muhammad's racist ways and began talking about capitalism and the ultimate conflict not being about the color of the skin, he became a universalist.

5. Paul was saying exactly what he said: treating people differently for reasons of tribe, class, or gender is wrong. He wasn't telling them to stop calling themselves Galatians, because that refers to a cultural identity.

6. Are you saying race is real when you use "pretend"? I think colloquial terms like white and black are convenient, just as blond and brunet are, but skin is not culture.

Hmm. You didn't number all of yours, so I guessed what 5 and 6 were.

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Will Shetterly
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