Right wingers believe being called cringe and fash on Facebook by their teenage niece is a human rights violation
Meanwhile, shoving a gun into the face of your niece's love interest to preserve her charity is heroic and cool.
I mean, some gentrification and cultural appropriation discourse does get pretty weird.
basically :yes-chad:
What makes these things racist isn't that it's individual white people doing things, it's that white people benefit from the system and black people are exploited by it, regardless of their intentions
edit: it also depends on context, like white flight and gentrification never happen in the same types of areas. it's determined by, you guessed it, economics
like white flight and gentrification never happen in the same types of areas
White Flight was just a consequence of Red Lining. Americans created "Whites Only" enclaves and provided economic incentives that excluded black residents.
Gentrification is, once again, about Americans creating enclaves - this time on the edge of black neighborhoods - and once again excluding black residents from economic incentives to modernize property.
The rationale is always the same. Only white people are smart / diligent / responsible enough to make use of these benefits. In each case, it is the underlying rationale of exclusion that is racist.
I struggle with conveying thoughts so thanks for filling in these crucial blanks :heart-sickle:
It's liberal propaganda.
They're personalizing the responsibly for systemic racism and then playing the victim to claim helplessness. "How dare you blame me for participating in the collectivized punishment of a racial cohort! If I hadn't been involved, it would have happened anyway! Now I will not do anything to stand in solidarity with my black neighbors and coworkers, because my feelings have been hurt."
this is a deep state asset handler "best practices" flowchart you cannot convince me otherwise
How on earth did "I don't see color" become such a dominant opinion? It's the dumbest possible line of defense. It probably comes from some manager who refused to hire a black person, and was accused of racism, to which he responded "I don't see color". (... but he could read names)
