> The non-white kids are encouraged in subtle and not-so-subtle ways to identify with the oppressed people in the books in a way the white aren’t.

Well, um, yeah. That's because white people just aren't oppressed.

Its the same way I don't identify with feminist literature. I can read it, understand it, enjoy it - but I can never fully relate, because I'm not a woman and the way I experience the patriachy will always be different.

Of course black people identify with or relate more to something like the color purple. That doesn't mean the color purple is racist.

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Chris2048 2 days ago | parent [-]

> the way I experience the patriarchy will always be different

Then how can you evaluate feminist literature to be accurate?

	▲	const_cast 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		The same way I evaluate my doctor to be doing a good job - trust. Your experience in life will always represent a tiny tiny fraction of one percent of all experiences. If you require a "see it to believe it" approach, you will live and die closed-minded. That does not mean I need to blindly trust feminists, however.