screenshot from Joe Glenton
every time white supremacy, fascism, etc, rear their ugly head in a way that forces comfy white people to acknowledge its existence, 5 thousand new posts from socmed activist white people appear, all of these just making fun of the intelligence, education, etc, of the white supremacists(etc). I Was Literally Just Talking About This
this rhetoric is CLOWN SHIT,
- Absolves responsibility from the fash who are usually the driving forces of domestic terrorism and white supremacy -- the suits in government, who are well-dressed and articulate and polite, and who have the power & money to legitimize and grow fascist movements. like damn ok the implication is that education makes u not racist? Have you spoken to like Any white academic, because ??????
- Absolves you of responsibility, because believing that there is some specific difference between you and them (that you are smart and they are not; that you pay attention and they do not; that you are educated and they are not) means you do not recognize your capacity to be like them. you can't just say I'm Not Like Them, Don't Group Me In With Them! (looking at you, cohost dot org), not-being-like-them is a continuous process of self-reflection, change, and action and ANYONE, INCLUDING ME AND YOU, including us with degrees and a library of theory under our belts, can easily become part of the problem. if we aren't already part of it.
- Ableist of course. AND racist. things like education, IQ, etc, are linked to race, the people who are most deprived of education and score lower on IQ tests (because IQ is bullshit) are usually POC . Blaming Problems On The Uneducated And Insane is a textbook racist talking point, youre really going to fucking do that right now? While saying youre antiracist?
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