Another argument on Facebook about whether its reasonable to blame white people for the votes Roy Moore did get. White people as a whole, that is. Their whiteness, specifically.
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I am generally of the opinion it is not even tho there is value in honestly acknowledging certain problems to be overrepresented in certain demographics in order to understand why that may be.
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I think ideas and values are more significant here because they are the things that motivate people and the things that can be changed.
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This has led me to be (gently) accused of not understanding how deeply ingrained race issues are in the American South. This is probably true but these are still ideas and values.
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We can reasonably attack white supremacy but not being white. I don't know why this is so hard. The distinction between ideas and people is getting harder and harder for more and more people.
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I think you’re taking it too literally. No one is saying white people vote a certain way because they were born white. The implied reason is a system that rewards their whiteness.
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I don't know what this means. 'Rewards their whiteness.' Seems to be a religious thing.pic.twitter.com/D1IxZ5QyKi
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The system in which being white brings advantages. It’s hard not to take free gifts when they are continually offered.
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And yet this seemed to depend very much on belief rather than on whiteness.
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