Tolerance operates as a power-laden refusal of equality, not generosity.

Evidence

Tolerance expresses these denials directly. Acknowledging begrudged presence as desire of willed absence. The refusal of equality – of standing, of access, of outcome – in the name of an ecumenical largesse, a hostile generosity. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 835 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Tolerance is always expressed towards the tolerated, as I have argued elsewhere, from the tolerating agent’s position of power. I have the power and position to tolerate you. I am active; you the tolerated passive, powerless to affect me in my tolerating save to get under my skin, make me even less accepting of your distinction. My social power to tolerate turns on all those like me likewise disposed towards you. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 835 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Tolerance and even abstention also violate the Other’s freedom. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1008; Tolerance of difference does not imply embracing it in one’s own social network.; Tolerance reframes denied equality as begrudged generosity — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 835 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Tolerance reframes denied equality as begrudged generosity #corroborates (0.96) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 835
• Tolerance presupposes the tolerator’s power over the tolerated #expands (0.93) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 835