I'm not sure where to start but something that really doesn't sit well with me is the way the complaints about Sacco were framed. @nberlat
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I don't think I'm blaming anyone for anything?
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I'm trying to say that privilege call outs can take on a logic and life of their own, which doesn't necessarily
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But what you specifically wrote was that denouncing Sacco didn't result in raising AIDS awareness. But that it did help Ronson.
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Which fails to recognize the value of denouncing Sacco's statement to being with.
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Does denouncing a tweet by a non notable person a million times have substantial increased value over the initial denunciation?
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One million people denouncing a racist statement does have a substantial increased value over one person doing so, yes.
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How, in this case?
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she made a mistake, which if two or three people pointed it out, she could have apologized & that would have been the end of it.
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instead it's a national firestorm which lost her her job...
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lead to benefits that were hoped for
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in part because it can focus on individuals rather than structures.
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That's another point that I reject here. People like Jon Ronson and Phoebe Matz Bovy are gonna get book contracts no matter what.
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Structural white supremacy plays in their favor. To then suggest that that's the fault of black people denouncing Sacco? Nah.
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I didn't say it was black people's fault?
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Black people lead the charge.
#hasjustinelandedyet was started by a black woman. A black man photographed Sacco at airport.@nberlat
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