Mastodawn

myrmepropagandist Jul 30, 2023

I've been trying to find the right way to articulate this-- but the folks on the right have it backwards about who is driven by "white guilt" --

This impulse to cover up and distort the history of slavery reeks of shame. It's, frankly, weird. Nobody has perfect ancestors, what sort of crisis of identity leads one to lie about the past.

It's just the things that happened. You learn about them you learn from them. You do better. Don't make it so emotional and personal.

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Randy Hall

@futurebird "how dare you make me feel guilty about what my ancestors did" or "none of my ancestors had enslaved people" or "I didn't personally have enslaved people, so why should I have to know about it" and on and on.
The white person's average lack of ability to reflect on how our society invisibly helps them and makes their lives easier, from the billionaires to the most destitute unhoused, is really astounding, and not in a good way.