Sun Tzu, The Godfather, Race, and Gender

9:15 AM

Here’s the thing: I stay on my social media pages, but other people’s threads do float by. There are many things I find of interest, but the “knot” of race and gender is of particular interest. If I see something implying black inferiority, I object. If I see something implying white inferiority, I object. If I see something implying female inferiority, I object. If I see something implying male inferiority, I object.

I have written millions of words on these subjects, and challenge you to find a single sentence implying anything other than a believe in equality in race, or equality + complementarity in gender.

Then I sit back and see what kinds of racists and sexists will object to the objections. It’s good to know who your allies are. And even better to know who your enemies are.

This isn’t “keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” That’s Godfather b.s., a further sign of Michael Corleone’s sickness.

It is more Sun Tzu:

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

If I start with the assumption of equality, I only move away from that position when I have no options at all, when there is no other…