I was mulling over the enraging phenomenon of Black cops (and judges) and how HARD they cape for white supremacy, and it brought me to mulling about the conclusions people draw around the concept of "whiteness" and the myriad ways in which it is NOT about skin colour.

Black people who fervently desire acceptance within white supremacist structures and systems rightly understand that Black people are not afforded individuality, the way white people KNOW they are.

That is, the negative actions of one white person are not held to be representative of all white people the way the negative actions of one Black person are considered magically connate to the entire race, while the positive actions/contributions of one white person are magically connate, and those of a Black person are considered the exception.

But the conclusion they draw is that they must stomp out any "bad" behaviour in their kin much harder because it "reflects" back on them, rather than the system is fundamentally, critically flawed.

They will NEVER attain whiteness, no matter how hard they may punch or punish a young Black person.

Never.

I have more thoughts on this subject, but this bus ride is almost over. I am deciding how to consolidate these thoughts into something that can be used to affect change.

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