Lt. Commander ReggieJan 24, 2025
Nowhere Girl
Every white person in the US is the recipient of extraordinary, unearned privilege, compounded by other degrees of privilege such as affluence, maleness, cis-heteronormativity, and Christianity. Most pretend not to be aware of this, many feel entitled to it, and only a few acknowledge how fucked up it is and try to do something about it.
Jan 24, 2025 at 5:40pmWeb
Show threadNowhere GirlJan 24, 2025

White supremacy and bigotry to perpetuate it are essentially endemic to the white demographic, regardless of their ostensible politics, using whatever form of power is available to them, whether that's their fist, their money, or their influence on the government.

When you see white liberals, "centrists," and "moderates" supporting "anti-woke," "anti-DEI" and other conservative crusades, it's not because they are mistaken about the intent. They know and support the bigotry just as much.

Show threadNowhere GirlJan 24, 2025
Put simply, the white "moderates" decrying "woke" want to use the n-word and shit just as much as their Republican friends and colleagues do.
Show threada fish named dog ✡️♾️Jan 24, 2025
@gwynnion And to a lesser extent white passing groups like some Middle Easterners and Jews, whose status as 'white' is very much subject to political winds and subjectivity. Jews, for instance, happen to be considered white now, but historically that position would've been laughably out of the question.
Also there are other privilege aspects - neurotypicality, able-bodiedness (or just 'health'), immigration status (as we've all been learning), et cetera, et cetera.