‘Worshipping the equality-god is a dangerous thing to do….’

Apr 27, 2017 by

by Gavin Ashenden:

The danger with not choosing a god for yourself, is that other people may choose him for you.

Beware the ‘equality-god’; he is becoming more demanding; recently he has  made looking people in the eye considerably more dangerous.

Gangland culture knows all about the significance of looking. “Who are you looking act”, like so many challenges isn’t the question it pretends to be. The person asking the question knows very well who is being looked at. The real question is “who the **** do you think you are- looking at me straight in the eyes when you should be lowering them as a sign that you are inferior to me.”

One of the great differences between life in the city and life outside it, is what you do with your eyes. In the city, people usually shuffle past each other with eyes averted. In the country the greeting of a stranger as you pass starts with looking them right in the eyes. Catching someone’s eye is a matter of courtesy and respect in the country; in the city, it’s might be a challenge.

Looking has just got more complicated for students at Oxford University. The University’s ‘Equality and Diversity Unit’ has been directing students’ behaviour in its Trinity term newsletter. It has been telling students that if they fail to make eye contact with another student, it might constitute racism. More specifically than that, it might actually constitute a racial micro-aggression which could have the effect of undermining the other person’s mental equilibrium, and lead to actual ill-health.

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