What does "equality feels like oppression" mean when income and wealth gaps haven't narrowed? Equality of what?
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Replying to @Noahpinion
Amount of time your kid spends talking about Christmas vs Hanukkah vs Kwanzaa obviously!! (Joking but kinda serious).
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Replying to @csilverandgold
So, the decline of the cultural supremacy of Christianity? I could buy that. That's definitely real and recent.
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Replying to @Noahpinion
But also like... black president, last WWC sitcom was Roseanne (or maybe King of Queens.)
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Replying to @csilverandgold @Noahpinion
Feeling that poor whites are the last group it's OK to make fun of, cf Honey Boo Boo.
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Replying to @csilverandgold @Noahpinion
"What's the Matter with Kansas" started as a question but probably comes off more as a snub, as does almost any sentence w/ "West Virginia"
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Replying to @kabulykos @Noahpinion
And downscale whites do get scapegoated for racism. Not for TOTALLY bs reasons but for somewhat bs reasons.
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But you have to say "downscale" instead of poor bc Long Island cultural conservatives still have FAR more wealth than median blk family.
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Replying to @csilverandgold @Noahpinion
Ugh, Long Islanders. They should visit Appalachia.
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Replying to @kabulykos @Noahpinion
But I think the fact that LIers are still privileged enough that "ugh" is OK maybe obscures that "ugh" is less OK for WV whites.
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If that makes sense.
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Replying to @csilverandgold @Noahpinion
Totally. My reflexive framings most likely aren't typical nationwide.pic.twitter.com/9v2HljqxM7
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