I don’t really like this thing where you speak on behalf of black EAs.
I think you should let black EAs speak for themselves or not comment on it.
In my experience, there seems to be distortionary epistemic effects when someone speaks on behalf of a minority group. Often, the person so speaking assigns them harms, injustices or offenses that the relevant members of those groups may not actually endorse.
When it’s done on my behalf, I find it pretty patronising, and it’s annoying/icky?
I don’t want to speak for black EAs but it’s not clear to me that the “hurt” you mention is actually real.
What could EA do to try to heal the hurt that this is going to cause to black EAs?
We need prominent EAs to publicly condemn Bostrom’s language, publicly reject race science, and reaffirm EA’s aim to be welcoming to black people.
Also frankly, the comments here show some ridiculous failures of empathy. This needs to be worked on as a community.
I don’t really like this thing where you speak on behalf of black EAs.
I think you should let black EAs speak for themselves or not comment on it.
In my experience, there seems to be distortionary epistemic effects when someone speaks on behalf of a minority group. Often, the person so speaking assigns them harms, injustices or offenses that the relevant members of those groups may not actually endorse.
When it’s done on my behalf, I find it pretty patronising, and it’s annoying/icky?
I don’t want to speak for black EAs but it’s not clear to me that the “hurt” you mention is actually real.
I’m shocked by how much disagreement this has. This is the bare minimum if you ask me