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PS because the origins of unironic “woke” lie in Black activism, a white person’s ironic use of “woke” is in essence racist stereotyping akin to digital blackface. if that’s not your intention, don’t use it.
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(and yes that applies also if you’re a white person using it to describe other white people; you’re still using a caricature of Black culture for your own fights.)
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a white person's use of the N-word: don't. do not. has a Black friend told you it's okay for you to use it? (seriously – I have had people try to justify their use of it to me that way) still don't! why on earth would you? no one has told you that you *have to* use it, did they?
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"the 14 words": anyone using this is by definition a nazi. when they're using it to troll, that is no less true: it merely means they're a nazi who trolls. and anyone opening the door for a nazi is an enabler of nazism.
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and anyone in a community that welcomes known nazis is, again, an enabler of nazism.
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someone you know regularly uses disparaging ethnic or racial epithets? yeah, they're definitely racist, however jokey they present it, and however progressive they claim to be
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someone has Pepe or Wojak in their feed? definitely fascist adjacent.https://twitter.com/SLevelt/status/1380610668756414473 …
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#Sewellreport cough* capitalises "White"? steeped in racist discourse (see, e.g., https://apnews.com/article/7e36c00c5af0436abc09e051261fff1f …)Show this thread
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