Is there a name for how some people take a physical attribute ("white") and transmute it into some metaphysical bad quality ("whiteness")?
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I see this occasionally and it seems strange to me. My ontology doesn't have a slot for "whiteness" as a separate thing from being white.
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It's funny, because it has a level of plausible deniability about it. After all, they're criticizing "whiteness" (or "masculinity") not ppl
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@niftierideology Things get stronger, more threatening in symbolic form. "White ppl" doesn't deny vulnerable flesh & defuses demonization.
5:36 PM - 8 Oct 2015
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