It's been going on so long now in places like Mississippi and Alabama, that it really is baked into the culture of those places.
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Replying to @Amanda_Kerri @csilverandgold
So to a lot of whites, black poverty is a result of racial inferiority, white poverty is a failure of character.
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Replying to @Amanda_Kerri
yes and I get how it can especially hurt when the culture-at-large replaces "racial inferiority" with "racial oppression"...
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Replying to @csilverandgold
especially when it's so woven into the culture-at-large you can't even see it anymore and hides behind dog whistles and biases.
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Replying to @Amanda_Kerri
happens on racial issues too, though. In many upper class white communities, race becomes an 'invisible disability' like class...
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Replying to @csilverandgold @Amanda_Kerri
cause a lot of these white folks really did believe that racism was solved somewhere between MLK and Bill Cosby, esp in Bush 2 years.
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Replying to @csilverandgold
Oh my yes. There's also what I call "clutch bag" racism and "Yankee racism." Best example is Redlining.
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Replying to @csilverandgold
"We like black music, black food, black dancing, we quote MLK, and think Beyonce is queen. Just don't live in my neighborhood."
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Replying to @Amanda_Kerri
they also are real good for loving a
#BlackFriend as long as said friend never acts "ghetto" or rocks the boat of their casual racism.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
(full disclosure: I have been this friend.)
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