Not going to thread, because I truly get this tweet is meant to be fun and cute. But "leave" is not a solution (and as a solution is dismissive). It presumes the issue is affective ("feeling bad abt the situation" or "stress") & not structural power. It's electronic white flight.https://twitter.com/FrankCogliano/status/1290325924605558784 …
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Replying to @jmjafrx
The number of times I have heard this racist reaction....
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Replying to @dorothyk98
It is such a strong deflection from the issues that get raised about power
#onhere. And a privilege to be able to pull back into some fantasy world where those issues don't exist. But it's fine.pic.twitter.com/WtCTxE4obM1 reply 1 retweet 10 likes
Replying to @jmjafrx
Literally the respectability politics card. And some fantasy of white “collegiality” that built this racist White supremacist system in the first place.
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