Peterson's 12 Rules for Life v2.0-- actual book discussion

[bennyboy]

It sounds like you are suggesting that some individuals should be treated differently than other individuals, predicated not on their personal merit or abilities, but on the color of their skin.

Uh, I don't think that's a fair interpretation of what I said in that quote.

Last time I checked, "black" and "white" were colors.

I believe that an egalitarian society should provide equal protections for all citizens without regard to the color of their skin. But while you and I both agree that racism is one of the forms of prejudice from which a citizen should be protected, you have expressly defined racism in such a way that some individuals will fall under protection from race-based prejudice, and some will not-- and this difference in protection you've predicated not on individual merit or abilities, but on skin color.

I do not endorse any political position which expresses intent to treat individual citizens differently based on their racial identity.