I really just think you're splitting hairs here. Something can be consciously malicious while unconsciously racist (trying to get Dr. MRO booted from Leeds, for example). Pointing out that that's racist is just a way of drawing attention to the structural iniquities...
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I take your point: something can be unconsciously racist and consciously malicious. The GIF was (probably) unconsciously racist and not malicious. The other stuff, maybe not...
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It doesn’t matter if it’s malicious or not, he had to look up that image, it’s obviously blackface, he thought it was okay to use. Why is this even a discussion? The man has been doing horrible shit, who cares about intent? Intent doesn’t matter. It’s racist.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @nevmogford and
And frankly I have to wonder what you thought this thread would accomplish? Who were you trying to reach here? Howard apologized to you, deflected, and repeated the same lie about blocking people. Dr MRO hasn’t received an apology and a retraction here about the other shit.
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Like I said, I was hoping that HW would admit that the GIF was racist, unblock and open up, and start making amends. I thought that an apology for this might be the opportunity for something bigger. That's not a bad thing at all.
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Not only does your thread not address the wider implications or actions that he’s undertaken in several months, but it definitely comes across as excusing his behaviour through discussions of intent etc.
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But why are we centering the behavior/motivation of the white person in this instance instead of centering the damage this behavior has done to BIPOC?
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Sigh... because, until he blocked me, I thought that this might give him the opportunity to reflect and make amends.
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I’m sorry but this was a very naive perspective. If other white men who approached him just as politely 3 months ago to apologize to Dr MRO and others (like myself), then idk. And this was all well-documented, it would have been a good idea to ask for more details on this.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @nevmogford and
Instead we’ve spent a lot of time explaining how racism works and how it’s a wider issue. A lot of good faith emotional labour went into this convo here, and it’s frustrating when the person, as well-meaning as you are, really doesn’t seem to get the problem.
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