Figuratively speaking it was just a matter of time before time itself was deemed racist.

Zakia Essanhaji, a professor of “organizational ethnography” at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, is the latest to make the case against “white time.” Her recent paper titled “Academic time theft: stealing time, producing racialized inclusion in Dutch academia” builds on prior work condemning time as racist. See here.

“White time is not simply the time of the privileged, but the power to define temporality and progress itself. It is the colonization of time, known as the system of modernity/coloniality. As Vazquez […] argues, this system is maintained by erasing cyclical or relational understandings of time, ensuring that time is perceived as racing towards unattainable, more modern futures. In that sense, white time is both prescriptive and pre-emptive, foreclosing alternative futures and experiences of the past by delegitimizing other temporalities.”

However, the article also points out that all is not lost . . . as there is also “black time”.

I suppose gravity will ultimately be determined to be racist. Sometimes, there is nothing to be gained in arguing with a fool. Proverbs 26:4 advises us, “Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him” highlighting the wisdom of avoiding pointless arguments with fools.

“For this reason God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false.” 2 Thessalonians 2:11