But that ship has sailed, and oppressed people publicly attack the idea of America now instead, much to the chagrin of many ppl, most white.
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I personally believe the answer is identity politics for white PEOPLE but not for whiteNESS.
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Right now we have identity politics for whiteNESS that actually does not serve most white PEOPLE on a material level anymore, or not much.
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And thanks to successful rhetorical assault by Team Social Justice, whiteness barely serves white folks psychologically anymore either.
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We've made "whiteness" and "maleness" embattled identities (which is one of the top things anti-social justice backlash HATES. Sry not sry.
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However, identity politics for white PEOPLE---Appalachians, Southerners, nerds, other groups we don't have names for...
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Could help give white people a sense of teleology, a point, a goal, something to work toward. So they would feel part of something.
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And could give us a means of retiring the hegemonic, failed identity of whiteNESS while preserving a seat at the table for white PEOPLE.
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And of course, as we transition, white people will continue to be white, to be a part of whiteness, and will need to recognize that.
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Whiteness isn't going to disappear overnight. But we can recognize the continued operation of whiteness even as we encourage white ppl...
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To disaggregate, dissociate from that identity.
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That said, that's the slow boat. Meanwhile, the immediate goal is to dismantle white hegemony.
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