Your argument rests on a false dichotomy. There are definitely other options than ‘wanting to know truth for no reason at all’ and ‘wanting to know truth to support racist policies’. It is at least plausibly the case that beneficial, non-discriminatory policies could result from knowledge currently considered taboo. It could at least be relevant to other things and therefore useful to know!
What plausible benefit is there to knowing Scott’s real name? What could it be relevant to?
People do sometimes make the case that knowing more information about sex and race differences can be helpful for women and black people. It’s a fine approach to make, if one can actually make it work out in practice. My point is just that the other two approaches also exist.
Your argument rests on a false dichotomy. There are definitely other options than ‘wanting to know truth for no reason at all’ and ‘wanting to know truth to support racist policies’. It is at least plausibly the case that beneficial, non-discriminatory policies could result from knowledge currently considered taboo. It could at least be relevant to other things and therefore useful to know!
What plausible benefit is there to knowing Scott’s real name? What could it be relevant to?
People do sometimes make the case that knowing more information about sex and race differences can be helpful for women and black people. It’s a fine approach to make, if one can actually make it work out in practice. My point is just that the other two approaches also exist.