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    Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

    THREAD: Here's the thing about racism in North America. It's only a little bit about hurling rude epithets about skin colour. That’s barely the tip of the sword. Racism is conditioning. It's impulse.

    8:33 PM - 29 May 2020
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      2. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It’s the impulse to remain silent on social media about police murdering an unarmed black man, and then loudly and unequivocally denouncing the black rioters during the aftermath.

        3 replies 28 retweets 393 likes
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      3. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It’s the impulse to scour the internet, searching for reasons why the unarmed black man _deserved_ to be killed by the police.

        1 reply 17 retweets 338 likes
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      4. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It’s the impulse to shout “All Lives Matter” but only in response to hearing some one claim that Black Lives Matter.

        1 reply 21 retweets 347 likes
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      5. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It’s the impulse to demand “What about black on black crime?” in response to reading about the many racially motivated white-on-black hate crimes.

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      6. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It's the impulse to cherry-pick MLK quotes to silence and denounce black people who attempt to explain the nuances and circumstances that could possibly justify rioting, while remaining silent during sports event rioting.

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      7. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It’s the impulse to deny clearly racist dogwhistles like “Thugs”, because you’ve also heard the term applied to a white person.

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      8. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It’s the impulse to claim and believe “I can’t be racist, I have black friends/spouse” in response to being called out for racist behaviour, as if the association alone exonerates you.

        1 reply 18 retweets 317 likes
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      9. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It's the impulse to claim and believe "I can't be racist because I'm liberal, progressive and/or woke" as if sharing clickbait Huffpost articles and performing politically left in public somehow exonerates you.

        1 reply 19 retweets 312 likes
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      10. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It's the impulse to believe "I can't be racist because I'm educated" as if the most educated country in the western world didn't commit the world's most horrible genocide.

        2 replies 16 retweets 325 likes
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      11. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It’s the impulse to deny a meaningful racial wealth gap, because oh look Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan are multi-millionaires.

        1 reply 15 retweets 308 likes
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      12. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It’s the impulse to claim “race shouldn’t matter” to silence any discussion about how support people of colour specifically.

        2 replies 16 retweets 306 likes
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      13. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It's the impulse to yell "get your politics out of my art" when the new Star Wars movie features a black stormtrooper.

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      14. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It’s the impulse to withdraw from difficult conversations about racism, because you don't experience racial inequality, therefore it must be exaggerated.

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      15. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It's the impulse to seek some sort of meritocratic justification for why black people are so disproportionately incarcerated.

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      16. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        It’s the impulse to spend your energy attacking someone who called your behaviour racist, rather than listening and internalizing, difficult as that may be.

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      17. Eric Lang‏ @eric_lang 29 May 2020

        And finally: It’s the core belief that your silence and neutrality somehow does not contribute to racial injustice. Silence is effectively violence.

        12 replies 53 retweets 466 likes
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