Sean Ono Lennon, the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, has shared a lengthy Twitter thread on political correctness and how he believes it has negatively impacted “culture”.
Lennon took to Twitter yesterday (May 24) to share his experiences growing up with a Japanese mother.
“When I was young ppl used to say racist shit about Asians around me all the time and then be like āOh sorry! But youāre not reeeally Asian soā¦ā and I think they sincerely thought that would make me feel better,” he wrote.
“Iām not exactly sure why I brought that up but I think itās because I want to say that I grew up in a time when there was zero political correctness.”
He went on to explain how he believes political correctness and “morality policing” is “arguably” making things worse.
“Race relations seem to be in the middle of a ātwo steps backā moment,” he wrote, citing current events as well as racist direct messages he has been receiving.
I have lived in many cities and countries and I can say from experience that there is an EQUAL distribution of shitty ppl and good ppl in EVERY human population. Most are good, some arenāt great, and a very small number are clinical sociopaths you absolutely need to avoid.
— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) May 23, 2021
“I am very sad that I feel like I have to say the following but here goes: Asians are not the problem. Blacks are not the problem. Jews are not the problem,” he wrote.
“And yes, Whites are not the problem either. No race or culture is āthe problem.
“I have lived in many cities and countries and I can say from experience that there is an EQUAL distribution of shitty ppl and good ppl in EVERY human population.”
Lennon clarified that he’s not blaming political correctness for “all of the bad things we are seeing in culture today”, but he did write, “I am simply saying we should check our strategy if we are not getting the results we intended.
“I donāt know what the solution is, but I suspect that over sensitizing ppl to arbitrary characteristics like skin colour may be doing more harm than good.”
I know very well that the idea of being ācolour blindā is out of fashion, that MLKās vision of character over skin colour is considered to be naive. But that vision surely made our society better. Iām not sure the modern vision of ārace consciousnessā is making things better.
— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) May 23, 2021
“I know very well that the idea of being ācolour blindā is out of fashion, that MLKās vision of character over skin colour is considered to be naive,” he continued.
“But that vision surely made our society better. Iām not sure the modern vision of ārace consciousnessā is making things better.”
Before signing off, Lennon concluded his thread with, “just remember who benefits from the ādivide and conquerā paradigm. It aināt us thatās for sure.”
Last month, Sean Ono Lennon was a special guest on an episode of Timās Twitter Listening Party, which showcased John Lennon’s debut solo album, ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’, alongside the sharing of the first-ever performance of āGive Peace A Chanceā
In 2020, Temples shared their track ‘Paraphernalia’ which was produced Ono Lennon. The followning month, Ono Lennon said that he thought his father rejecting an MBE in protest of the Vietnam War and Britain’s involvement in the Biafra conflict was “more punk than anything the punks did”.
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