I took an anti-racism training course that claimed that intentions don’t matter. The point they were making was that people can be still hurt by something you did, even if you didn’t intend it. I think that is right, but in saying “intentions don’t matter”, the trainers were overstating their case. And in fact, when they made that statement this, they ran the risk of alienating the very people who had the most likelihood of becoming allies.
Do intentions matter?
Do intentions matter?
Do intentions matter?
I took an anti-racism training course that claimed that intentions don’t matter. The point they were making was that people can be still hurt by something you did, even if you didn’t intend it. I think that is right, but in saying “intentions don’t matter”, the trainers were overstating their case. And in fact, when they made that statement this, they ran the risk of alienating the very people who had the most likelihood of becoming allies.