Yeah as someone with that privilege it would be cool to go back for nothing else to help with movements like civil rights or hell go back to reconstruction and do it right this time. Don’t let the losers stay in power this time.
Yeah as someone with that privilege it would be cool to go back for nothing else to help with movements like civil rights or hell go back to reconstruction and do it right this time. Don’t let the losers stay in power this time.
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
While this idea has good intentions, the “privileged savior” is a toxic one. It assumes that your help would be accepted, appreciated, and necessary to “do things right”. It also assumes that you wouldn’t fall in line with the majority for your own safety, which I am willing to bet is more likely than not given the measures taken against those who supported those movements.
lordnikon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is very true the idea would not be the savor but just a pair of hands to help. Also in this scenario remember I know the future so i could have a greater impact but just having that information. You also have to remember there were some white people that were icons in the civil rights movement. It was not about one race clawing it’s way up against another race. It was people of both races coming together against inequality and bigotry. If an ally is turned away just because they are white then it’s just a race war and the ownership class win.
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
What can you do that would benefit a movement in the 1960’s?
What information do you have that could change any of the outcomes, how would that information change the outcome specifically, and why do you believe changing history wouldn’t negatively impact the progress of those movements?
lordnikon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Saving 4 innocent girls from a church fire would be a start. The rest I will take my cues from quantum leap and just try my best to do right with once went wrong.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
So, should they NOT be an ally for the marginalized?
Sure, there will always be toxic people virtue signaling for attention, but it’s not any less toxic to shame someone when they are legitimately trying to help.
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Show me where I said this.
This is about a very specific example, i.e. going back in time to “do it right this time”, and I can assert with a high degree of certainty that any random “privileged” person leaving our current time would not be up to the task of helping those causes.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Realistically, yes, I don’t think one more person would make a huge difference and change the world any sooner. But calling someone toxic for wanting to try does not feel helpful for anyone.