Tolerance reframes denied equality as begrudged 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

Categorization

• XREF: Relates to the reader’s published article on complaints about immodesty as class/identity signaling - both treat a surface virtue (tolerance/modesty) as a screen for power relations. — connects to: Generosity is a disguised mode of destruction and appropriation