"Where are you from?" "What are you?" Will lump you into wrong group, don't care about answer, just want to classify POC as "not one of us."
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Replying to @OtherSociology @ColleenLavelle1
And we're all monolithic too. POC proximity used as a shield against any accusations of racism.
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Replying to @helpmeskeletor @ColleenLavelle1
Also don't forget that White people aren't a race. They're just people.
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Replying to @OtherSociology @helpmeskeletor
Yet they like to remind POC they're not all the same, they have a rich European history
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Replying to @ColleenLavelle1 @helpmeskeletor
WP are special individuals, each more exceptional than last, but POC are to blame for every single thing every person of their race ever did
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Replying to @OtherSociology @helpmeskeletor
Yes, and most of us come from culture where family & community are important we feel the shame when our own do something wrong. But we are
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expected to apologise and speak out constantly against wrongs, that WP don't bat an eye lid when they do something wrong.
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Replying to @helpmeskeletor @ColleenLavelle1
"White leaders" can't agree with anything, can't make progress on violence/inequity. But POC are dysfunctional bc we have diverse opinions.
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Replying to @OtherSociology @helpmeskeletor
SMH everytime, we are all expected to be sheep and agree, not given the dignity of being considered individuals. God forbid if we disagree
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When POC disagree, it's proof that we are failures. When WP disagree - all day, every day- it is beauty of democracy at work. We cannot win.
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