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Amia Srinivasan: evaluation

22 Sept 2021 Conversations with Tyler Amia Srinivasan on Utopian Feminism

“Tyler, the reason I was addressing this question is because I think that some of the ways you frame debates — and I’m a very much an admirer of yours — but they unthinkingly just replicate profoundly misogynistic and racist ways of thinking that come from the American mainstream.”

— Amia Srinivasan

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Amia Srinivasan
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22 Sept 2021
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Conversations with Tyler

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…But address the anxiety about population as such, because I would gladly triple immigration. But I understand full well, the world as a whole cannot rely on immigration to replenish population, and more and more countries are moving into the zone. You’re addressing some other criticism that bugs you politically, but just for the world as a whole, as fertility rates fall, what do you think we should do about it? Tyler, the reason I was addressing this question is because I think that some of the ways you frame debates — and I’m a very much an admirer of yours — but they unthinkingly just replicate profoundly misogynistic and racist ways of thinking that come from the American mainstream. I’m not saying that you’re invoking some alt-right ways of thinking. I’m like, “This is just the way that people talk about this.” The US mainstream is just extraordinary. Exhibit A: is Japan a white country?…

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