So... That Italian economist story. Wow. Doing calculus while racially ambiguous. There's so much to unpack. Too much, really.
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Anyway. The fact of the matter is that white woman was scared. And also apparently never even took calculus, I guess. Or heard of it.
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So. This white woman imagines he's middle eastern and is going to hijack a plane by scribbling on a piece of paper?pic.twitter.com/rCOuaiILWf
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What in the entire fuck went through her mind? Like she really thought you can, what, cast a spell on a piece of paper and down a plane?
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She must have thought "Fuck I'm on a plane with a middle eastern/Muslim/Arab Harry Potter please save me."
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That's the thing too: the tendency to group a whole bunch of different people together. Even an Italian with a suntan in the mix now too.
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And then there's the whole math thing. 2+2=4. Yes an equation's more complicated but... Everyone solves it for the same exact answer.
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Math. Straight up math. It's objective. You may have a subjective opinion that 2+2=5.8 but you'd be wrong. Except in this case.
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In this case, a white woman's ignorance of math and fear of dark skin made it so that 2+2=plane hijacker.
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So this woman's ignorant, racist as fuck subjective opinion won. It won over objective as objective get mathematics.
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Which goes to the broader point of objectivity. And whether anything can ever be objective if a person with darker skin is involved.
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And the answer is no. Whites never assume we can be objective about anything. It's an unconscious bias assumed against people of color.
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*slightly darker skinned man does math* "MUST be dangerous monster stop him please before he kills me is Guantanamo still taking them?"
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@aurabogado Being Irish and Italian, older family sometimes uses oppression to describe their ancestors' migration the the US.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado And it bothers me, because despite the conflicts during that time period, we otherwise have (and always had) European privilege. - 1 more reply
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