A VERY important point in the comments of that VSB article the greys are furious about:
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But in doing so they fail to understand how they actually oppress others. And they're the FIRST to get in their feelings...
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when it looks like another group is getting some shine or making some progress. They got the Me First spirit like woah.
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And it just astonishes me how similar the convos are talking to poor white cishet men vs black cishet men.
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Very anecdotal, but I find the same arguments being used to an astonishing degree.
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(also, I do not use a class marker with black folks bc many grew up free from material deprivation but alongside extreme poverty)
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And also in terms of the cultural effects of class, blackness functions as being "low class until proven otherwise" regardless of economics.
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Anyway, I think when the circle of ppl you love is more diverse & you experience oppression from many angles, intersectionality...
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just sort of makes immediate sense to you in a way it doesn't for people who have experienced oppression as coming from 1 direction.
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