[FRIAM] "certain codes of conduct"

[jon zingale]

Frank says: "The Republic by Plato"
Merle says: "Clearly the implicit bias is that all of these reading
requirements were written by White men."

One point that interests me here is the determination that Plato was white.
Perhaps he should be considered white: he likely owned slaves, he was
educated, and likely had about as much privilege as anyone could imagine at
the time. On the other hand, if any of his ancestors found themselves in the
new world circa 1900 they likely would have found themselves digging the
most profound ditches. What exactly is meant by white anyway? Is it possible
that producing work powerful enough to influence 2500 years of white
thinking is what makes Plato white? What about white Jesus?



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