http://teodesian.net//posts/46b20309-13f5-11ec-bdd7-fd8c25f773e9?format=xml teodesian.net : /posts/46b20309-13f5-11ec-bdd7-fd8c25f773e9 en 2026-04-22T12:01:56 2026-04-22T12:01:56 /favicon.ico http://teodesian.net 32 32 teodesian.net favicon http://teodesian.net/posts/46b20309-13f5-11ec-bdd7-fd8c25f773e9 So much of the British reaction to the death of George Floyd has constituted a failure of nerve. Desperately seeking to assuage their feelings of guilt, to do something, many Britons have sacrificed their critical faculties to a narrative that does not actually help black people—a narrative that, by reducing us to passive abstractions, only makes us more invisible. As I've mentioned elsewhere, critical theory may be all well and good but the evidence increasingly shows it is bringing about nothing positive for the groups it purports to fight for.]]> doge http://teodesian.net/posts/46b20309-13f5-11ec-bdd7-fd8c25f773e9 2020-10-02T09:32:33 http://teodesian.net/posts/1601631153 So much of the British reaction to the death of George Floyd has constituted a failure of nerve. Desperately seeking to assuage their feelings of guilt, to do something, many Britons have sacrificed their critical faculties to a narrative that does not actually help black people—a narrative that, by reducing us to passive abstractions, only makes us more invisible. As I've mentioned elsewhere, critical theory may be all well and good but the evidence increasingly shows it is bringing about nothing positive for the groups it purports to fight for.]]> doge http://teodesian.net/posts/1601631153 2020-10-02T09:32:33