sundin13 said:
And if we continue that thought for more than a single, vague sentence, you immediately have to confront how we are talking about white power and white supremacy. The only way to avoid that is by avoiding the conversation, and all that avoiding the conversation accomplishes is enabling white supremacy to continue unchallenged. And whites being othered is not an unintentional side effect of white supremacy, or something that only occurs when white supremacy is called out. It is the point. Casting another group as fundamentally different from you necessitates that you are fundamentally different from them. Both the slave and the slave-holder, for example, are in a situation where they are "othered" from each other. The way to challenge this is not by tip-toeing around the truth, but by bringing about true equality by dismantling the white supremacist ideas which have created this division. |
"And if we continue that thought for more than a single, vague sentence, you immediately have to confront how we are talking about white power and white supremacy. The only way to avoid that is by avoiding the conversation, and all that avoiding the conversation accomplishes is enabling white supremacy to continue unchallenged."
>I still disagree. Example: if I wanted to call out the fact that blacks are killed in disproportionate numbers by police compared to their white, Asian, and Hispanic counterparts, I need not make any mention of 'white supremacy' at any point.
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Blacks are killed in disproportionate numbers by police compared to their white, Asian, and Hispanic counterparts. We must put into place reforms to correct this injustice that hurts our black citizens! Better de-escalation tactics, education for both police and our citizenry on how to handle police stops and interactions! Inform as many as possible on their rights when it comes to interactions with law enforcement and how all are entitled to a lawyer when arrested!
