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This is worth thinking about.https://youtu.be/_JxbjvvpDNQ
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Whiteness, like maleness, grants you a degree of presumed rationality . A black creator can say "police brutality is a problem," while a white creator says "all cops are bastards," and somehow the black creator is still perceived as more militant.
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That's literally the situation in LeftTube & related communities, where I see mostly white voices saying "revolution now, punch Nazis, ACAB"—presumably because they *can* say those things without being perceived as hysterical & dangerous to the same extent as non-white radicals.
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I also think it's easier for white creators to perform this tedious ritual of "empathizing" with racists, which is apparently the holy grail of discourse & one of the main things I find myself praised for doing—never mind that I haven't done a video on race in more than a year.
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At this point I would simply love to turn over the whole discussion of race to non-white creators. But of course that would require audiences to stop hand-wringing about the feelings of racists and actually listen to POC. Are we ready for that?
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Relatedly, Bernie Sanders. He gets to be angry and cantankerous and people love it. No black man, woman, or Muslim candidate would get to be so candid.
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Hmmm, so basically you are saying these people should be treated as dangerous psychos but aren't. Well, I'm glad we agree on something.
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A question that I always think when the opportunity to say those things comes up for me, as a straight cis white guy: is it useful or helpful for me to be more vocal/radical when POC/LGBT+ voices are being more cautious? Am I making their lives easier, or harder? I'm not sure.
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https://www.theroot.com/aclu-and-center-for-media-justice-sue-fbi-for-records-o-1833470805 … This - there's a long history of shit going sideways for activists of color for *~`some*~` reason and the consequences are severe.
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