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> Being seen racially is a common trigger of white fragility, and thus, to build our stamina, white people must face the first challenge: naming our race. Outs
by gentleman11 6y ago
> Being seen racially is a common trigger of white fragility, and thus, to build our stamina, white people must face the first challenge: naming our race.
Outside the context of this discussion, I don’t think a reader could decide whether quotes like this are from a left wing anti-racism book, or a neo-Nazi pseudo intellectual
More troublesome quotes below
Why only whites can be racist:
> When I say that only whites can be racist, I mean that in the United States, only whites have the collective social and institutional power and privilege over people of color. People of color do not have this power and privilege over white people.
Attributing all cultural traits to race, and then labeling everybody based on their race
> Whiteness rests upon a foundational premise: the definition of whites as the norm or standard for human, and people of color as a deviation from that norm.
- Thorentis 6y agoI'm sure if you asked the author "so you're saying that racism only exists when you have power over somebody?" they would reply simultaneously "of course not, thoughts can be racist too" and "but all white people have power over black people because of the fact they are white". The whole thing is self-defeating, and it is a tragic indictment on the state of intellectualism and academia, that a book like this can be so widely praised.