Here’s an interesting twist: after the meeting apparently the commissioners never turned off their mics. As some of the commissioners were wrapping up, people I know that were still there heard them making disparaging remarks about other commissioners & accusing them of throwing them under the bus...also referring to speakers opposed to the resolution with expletives; mocking the Jewish community and more. Not a good look for “equity” commissioners. 🙄
The thing is, as Carla Thomas said, “equity” as the Commission understands it is not about treating each Evanston citizens fairy. It’s about uplifting the marginalized and the oppressed. Punching down is not only acceptable but applauded. Jews belong to the privileged group and therefore are the oppressor class. Calling them names fits perfectly into the paradigm. I personally find the ideology that arranges people into a hierarchy of more or less oppressed groups and therefore more or less deserving of respect and compassion pernicious but we have to understand the mindset of (at least some of) the Commissioners.
The current strain of anti-racist thought that dominates our community now, as taught by Beyond Diversity and Kendi, I think is part of the problem. The philosophy of this program is so existentialist to skin color as the deciding factor in oppression, that when you something like Israel/Palestine, which doesn't map into to this framework, it doesn't make any rational sense. I think we witnessed this the other night.
Just to clarify, Carla did not say the above. She corrected one of the speakers who suggested that equity is fairness. The rest is me laying out the logic as I understand it.
Here’s an interesting twist: after the meeting apparently the commissioners never turned off their mics. As some of the commissioners were wrapping up, people I know that were still there heard them making disparaging remarks about other commissioners & accusing them of throwing them under the bus...also referring to speakers opposed to the resolution with expletives; mocking the Jewish community and more. Not a good look for “equity” commissioners. 🙄
I would be very interested in this audio. I just FOIA'ed a copy of this audio.
The thing is, as Carla Thomas said, “equity” as the Commission understands it is not about treating each Evanston citizens fairy. It’s about uplifting the marginalized and the oppressed. Punching down is not only acceptable but applauded. Jews belong to the privileged group and therefore are the oppressor class. Calling them names fits perfectly into the paradigm. I personally find the ideology that arranges people into a hierarchy of more or less oppressed groups and therefore more or less deserving of respect and compassion pernicious but we have to understand the mindset of (at least some of) the Commissioners.
The current strain of anti-racist thought that dominates our community now, as taught by Beyond Diversity and Kendi, I think is part of the problem. The philosophy of this program is so existentialist to skin color as the deciding factor in oppression, that when you something like Israel/Palestine, which doesn't map into to this framework, it doesn't make any rational sense. I think we witnessed this the other night.
Just to clarify, Carla did not say the above. She corrected one of the speakers who suggested that equity is fairness. The rest is me laying out the logic as I understand it.