https://www.opendemocracy.net/transformation/zoe-samudzi/dylann-roof-is-terrorist-but-he-is-not-extremist: While Dylann Roof’s manifesto was unspeakably racist and admittedly painful to read, white self-identified liberals or progressives should read it. The description of white supremacist racial processes is surprisingly astute (though his understanding unfortunately led him to violence rather than an active challenge of their legitimacy and function). In particular he takes to task white liberals who move to areas to attend better schools. His criticism of “white flight” to suburbia points out that many white liberals are not vastly different from him in their internalization of white supremacy (though their expression differs drastically).
While all non-Black people of color must address anti-Blackness in their own communities, white liberals should very carefully analyze their own politics and the ways in which their white privilege ultimately maintains structures of racial oppression.
There are some very tangible things that white liberal and progressive allies can do to challenge white supremacy in the spaces they occupy.They can stop allowing casual racist jokes and comments to go unchallenged. They can share anti-racist narratives from Black people and people of color rather than simply similar comments made by white liberals. They can be mindful of the demands that they as “allies”make from Black people (e.g. demanding support and information, which takes away a person’s time and energy).
But the most crucial thing white people can do is to engage mindfully with people of color in discussions of racism: to recognize the assumptions they carry as a result of socialization are likely steeped in white supremacy to some degree, and to really listen to and trust what people of color tell them about racism. Only through honest discussions about white supremacy and actively taking responsibility for identity-privileging structures can white Americans play their role in upending and ultimately dismantling still existing settler colonial structures.
When comparing between any two guns,
the one most efficiently producing
the desired intention
the given amount of time...
be the better of the two guns.
Can't help but see two Uncle Tom's kissing up to a gay white man not only a pastor but also campaigning to be elected the next GA State House Representative for District 59; a young African-American looking as if a deer caught in the beams of three sets of headlights barrel racing straight for him.
As this young man was only one of six African-Americans rounded up within minutes not far from the crime scene, they obviously were not making much of an effort... not getting caught.
Would hardly even call it an assault with...
a deadly weapon.
So...
the question is whether or not this gun efficiently produced the it's desired intention given the amount of time?
And for whom is this gun benefiting?
Who is the true victim here?
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