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KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 01:13 AM Jun 2020

The Pyramid of White Supremacy (two versions)






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These are worthy of printing and daily contemplation, even if only one item a day.

Baby steps are still progress.......
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The Pyramid of White Supremacy (two versions) (Original Post) KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 OP
Those are fantastic! Karadeniz Jun 2020 #1
Ran across one of those by accident on twitter and then..... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #4
Those do not align with the literal definition Amishman Jun 2020 #7
definitions can definitions be part of white supremacy ismnotwasm Jun 2020 #9
Kick burrowowl Jun 2020 #2
What are AAVE and murielm99 Jun 2020 #3
Not absolutely certain but... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #5
BIPOC is Black, Indigenous, and People of Color AllyCat Jun 2020 #6
K & R Duppers Jun 2020 #8

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
4. Ran across one of those by accident on twitter and then.....
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:16 AM
Jun 2020

did a search to find downloadable graphics and found the second one.

Also discovered that many schools use those to teach diversity and equality.

Form a class description I found from the Salisbury University in Maryland:

The pyramid ranks various concepts on different levels according to severity, with “Indifference” forming the base of the pyramid and “Genocide” residing at the top.

“In a pyramid, every brick depends upon the one below it for support,” an accompanying caption explains. “If the bricks at the bottom are removed, the whole structure comes tumbling down.”

Things like “avoiding confrontation with racist family members,” “remaining apolitical,” or saying “politics doesn’t affect me” make up the base of the Pyramid of White Supremacy, directly underneath forms of “minimization” such as “denial of white privilege” and “not believing experiences of POC [people of color].”

The next level up is “veiled racism,” which the graphic defines to include “cultural appropriation” and a “Euro-centric curriculum.”

Worse still, according to the pyramid, are “anti-immigration policies,” “stop and frisk” policing strategies, and “funding schools locally,” all of which fall under the category of “discrimination.”


As we might expect, right-wing student groups get a big butt hurt over these studies.......

Amishman

(5,541 posts)
7. Those do not align with the literal definition
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 05:55 AM
Jun 2020

White supremacy is the believe that whites are better than others races. That is the definition.

There are numerous points on those charts that do not match that definition or even run opposite to it.

Colorblindness is a good example. It is not a white supremacist concept and it's definition is incompatible with the definition of white supremacy. "a color blind society is one where racial classification does not limit a person's opportunities." Remaining Apolitical is another glaring example.

Words have meanings and definitions. In those charts are defining the degrees of not being a progressive on racial issues, not what is white supremacy. They overreached and outstepped the literal core definition.

ismnotwasm

(41,921 posts)
9. definitions can definitions be part of white supremacy
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 11:15 AM
Jun 2020

If dictionary definitions is the hill you make your stand on, that’s your business, I guess.

White supremacy is a world white social construct due to colonialism. “Colorblindness” as a concept, is a reaction in the first place to racism.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
5. Not absolutely certain but...
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:26 AM
Jun 2020

I believe AAVE is African-American Vernacular English.....

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English

and BLPOC is Black People of Color.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.......

And you're welcome! I feel simple awareness is a powerful tool for self-improvement in many areas of human troubles. Tools like these help to keep the awareness square in my face.

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