I’m not opposed to ever using terms like “realist.” I’m opposed to it as it was used in the main post, where people who agree my views are realists, and people who do not are denialists.
I didn’t interpret the original post that way. “X realist” on this site doesn’t typically mean “person whose views about X are realistic” but rather “person who believes X is a real thing.” In this case, a “race realist” would be someone who believes that there are real, significant differences between races, presumably on a genetic basis. A race anti-realist would be someone who does not believe that. Both of these are categories of positions, into which a variety of different particular viewpoints might fall.
I would expect the implicit opposite of “race realist” to be “race idealist”; i.e. the opposition is roughly between focusing on things as they are, vs. things as they should be.
“Race idealist” sounds so cool to me, I think I’m seriously gonna start using it for self-identification! I’m indeed more interested in how things should be in regards to racial issues, and how we should act to change them, than in the miserable details of our current plight.
I’m not opposed to ever using terms like “realist.” I’m opposed to it as it was used in the main post, where people who agree my views are realists, and people who do not are denialists.
I didn’t interpret the original post that way. “X realist” on this site doesn’t typically mean “person whose views about X are realistic” but rather “person who believes X is a real thing.” In this case, a “race realist” would be someone who believes that there are real, significant differences between races, presumably on a genetic basis. A race anti-realist would be someone who does not believe that. Both of these are categories of positions, into which a variety of different particular viewpoints might fall.
I would expect the implicit opposite of “race realist” to be “race idealist”; i.e. the opposition is roughly between focusing on things as they are, vs. things as they should be.
That’s not what “realist” means in philosophy.
“Race idealist” sounds so cool to me, I think I’m seriously gonna start using it for self-identification! I’m indeed more interested in how things should be in regards to racial issues, and how we should act to change them, than in the miserable details of our current plight.
Still not neutral. Do you think the people who are not “race realists” call themselves “race idealist”?