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> Third Wave Antiracism, becoming mainstream in the 2010s, teaches that racism is baked into the structure of society, so whites’ “complicity” in living within
by jancsika 6y ago
> Third Wave Antiracism, becoming mainstream in the 2010s, teaches that racism is baked into the structure of society, so whites’ “complicity” in living within it constitutes racism itself
I have a conspiracy theory that nation state troll armies have been working tirelessly behind the scenes, gently prodding discussions in order to recast bog standard democratic concepts like "social justice," "free speech," "anti-racism," and "journalism" in as negative a light as possible. (Hell, Uber has somehow been able to create a whole genre of Taxi Medallion Horror Stories, so it can't be rocket science.)
Otherwise, the obvious, reasonable, and typical course of action here would be to call out the twitter morons who claim white people are racist for breathing as "twitter morons," and reserve the term "anti-racism" and "third wave anti-racism" for 21st century versions of actually fighting racism.
E.g., "Donovan Mitchell practiced third-wave anti-racism on Sunday by using his platform on Twitter to call out parents at a Utah charter school who want their children to be able to opt-out of Black History Month."