In @RealTimers, Milo mentioned that people are confused by him as a symbol for the alt-right b/c he's a gay Jew who sleeps with Black men.
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The argument that you can't be racist if you engage in any way with Black people is illogical but so prevalent in discourse on race.
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Implicit in this argument is the marginalizing belief that a single person is representative of an entire group of people.
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Saying things like "I have a friend who is Black" or "I slept with a Black man/woman" is a perpetuation of that marginalizing belief.
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You can't use that Black girl you slept with once or that Black friend you see every 6 months to shield you from the racist label.
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Racism/sexism/transgenderism is institutionalized and much bigger than a couple of interactions with a few marginalized individuals.
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transphobia. We never use the -ism, it has a history of pathologizing.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
Thanks for letting me know! I had transphobia written originally but it felt less relevant when place next to "ism"s.
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Replying to @captainsafia @EmilyGorcenski
Relevant is the wrong here but what I meant to say is that I feel like people take words that end with "ism" more seriously.
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Totally. The "transgenderism" etymology comes from the history of how trans people were gatekept for care.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @captainsafia
There used to be scales of progression, and you basically had to fit into a fetishistic stereotype to receive treatment.
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