Can we talk about how Latino anti-blackness informed Dylann Roof's racism? Because there sure has been a lot of silence about this.
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George Zimmerman's a Latino who would himself be profiled in a place like Arizona. But it was his anti-blackness that informed his violence.
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Dylann Roof, a white supremacist, identified with Zimmerman—even ignored that Zimmerman is Latino—because of a shared anti-blackness.
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What's especially telling is that, for white supremacists like Roof, there are "good Latinos and bad Latinos."pic.twitter.com/akem4NuelM
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That avowed white supremacists can tolerate some non-black Latinos indicates the degree to which we can absorb some privileges of whiteness.
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Dylann Roof also points out how Latino media preferences whiteness. Dude was probably watching
@Univision.pic.twitter.com/EZ7o1jtDWR
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Make no mistake about it: Dylann Roof was more honest about Latino investment in whiteness than most Latinos are even willing to admit.
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Dylan Roof did his research, observed Latino media, looked at white people in the South America with am emphasis on places like Argentina.
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Yet the dominant narrative is that Dylann Roof also hated (non-black) Latinos. This is so opportune and typical of us. Damn.
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Look. Dylann Roof's hatred of black people is based on defending a Latino man, George Zimmerman. This is shitty, but true.
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As non-black Latinos, we can highlight Dylann Roof hated some of us. But, to be honest, we have to admit that he sided with some of us, too.
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Dylann Roof didn't mentioned Latino immigrants. He didn't complain about people speaking Spanish. And he didn't shoot up a Latino church.
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As non-black Latinos, when we say that Dylann Roof hates people of color, we're doing the violence of erasing black victims.
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This is why confronting anti-blackness among Latinos is so immediate. When it feels hard and uncomfortable, think about Charleston.
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When we non-black Latinos feel like dealing with anti-blackness is hard, remember that this is a matter of life and death for black people.
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@aurabogado there was also a whole section re: White Latinos which was equally as disgustingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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