And part of the problem that happens with white men—or anybody privileged—is that so often the fact that they have power in a room forces others to accommodate them despite the fact that they emphatically do not have the range.
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In other news... sigh. There is this white man who is a client at work, and he’s often in the room when I’m talking to my brother about whatever political or ethical question, and not only do I have to tone down my discourse for his presence, but he tries to interject.
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And then you almost can’t blame these guys. They speak out of a suspicion of inferiority, their speech confirms that they don’t have the range, doubling down on their insecurity...
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and the surest remedy for this anxiety is to take others’ acceptance of their contribution as evidence of its quality.
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OTOH (and this is where a kind of popular anti-racist discourse liberals love to hate is useful), fuck your feelings, fuck your need to prove you can keep up with the negroes, fuck the racism underlying this particular anxiety.
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