Intersectional epicycles. https://twitter.com/DanaGoldstein/status/1077949350482006016 …
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Lumpenintersectionality has managed to create a conspiracy theory/demonology of 'Whiteness' that, ironically, resembles classical anti-Semitism -- an evil lurking presence responsible for theft, oppression and murder throughout history.
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As long as your definition of 'white' is a magical construct with little relation to reality, you can argue this shit all day and glue more and more complicated arguments into the structure, because it's not like you're going to get any answers you didn't invent.
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The answer to "do I count as white" in 2018 USA is 'yes, unless you're black, or you make a conscious effort to be not white'. Jews are white, East Asians are white, south Asians are white, Latin@x*&$ are...well, give that another 20 years.
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'White' is a fake construct that was originally invented to allow non-British immigrants to be counted as Americans. What it really means is 'not black'. That's the fissure that matters in the USA, the original sin, the thing America can't/won't/doesn't want to solve.
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Colors are real but the words we use to name them (and the distinctions those words draw) are constructs. Many languages don't distinguish between blue and green. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%E2%80%93green_distinction_in_language …
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Likewise, there's an underlying reality to race (genes, ancestry) but the words we use for race are the outcomes of social and political processes, and can serve as weapons. That's what I'm trying to draw attention to here.
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'White' is a political term in the US that tells us all Europeans (and a lot of Asians and North Africans) are one team; 'POC' is a term that insists all non-Europeans are one team. Neither one makes much sense outside North America.
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