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In reply to the discussion: Whiteness Is a Pandemic [View all]betsuni
(28,902 posts)73. I blame ships.
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Not in black-dominant nations. In ours, our social structure is white-dominant
Hortensis
Mar 2021
#13
And yet, the vast majority of white people have no idea what it means to be white in America...
Mr. Scorpio
Mar 2021
#9
Dismantling white supremacy will mainly be the work of white people, as they are the ones who
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2021
#10
Yes, white supremacy is a killer. The article goes well beyond that. Well over the line.
Goodheart
Mar 2021
#26
Bigotry is a two-way street. Racism, which is systemic, has an oppressor and an oppressed, and so is
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2021
#33
Would it be easier to engage with if it said "White supremacy is a public health crisis"?
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2021
#39
We in the U.S. live in a white supremacy, so it's actually the default, and being anti-white-
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2021
#58
Identifying, acknowledging and dismantling white supremacy would definitely help. How could it not?
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2021
#12
Whiteness is a function of white supremacy, and every white person benefits from white supremacy.
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2021
#16
Whiteness as understood in the USA is a social construct that only exists because of white supremacy
Spider Jerusalem
Mar 2021
#18
Pretty much anyone who is aware of the history of race in the United States?
Spider Jerusalem
Mar 2021
#71
I understand the history of race. What I don't approve of is deliberately offensive language.
Goodheart
Mar 2021
#77
If you understand the history of race, then you understand that there's a difference between
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2021
#81
Why wouldn't it be? They are two different things, as are "being white" and "whiteness."
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2021
#88
Damon Young is NOT, I repeat, NOT, saying kill whitey. NOT saying kill white people at all.
Solly Mack
Mar 2021
#31
Oh, yeah. People who dictate to black people what is and isn't acceptable in discussions of race
Solly Mack
Mar 2021
#47
From reading the thread one would get the idea that while the government was enacting racist laws
Solly Mack
Mar 2021
#48
I"ll never accept any dishonest criticisms of my 1979 snowflake religious candy white ass desires.
hunter
Mar 2021
#52
Mr. Young's primary goal here was to shock with language rather than to make a point.
Goodheart
Mar 2021
#79
White supremacy relies on the concept of whiteness, which is something that goes beyond skin color.
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2021
#98
"Whiteness" is not people. It's a concept used to describe the fluidity of racialized definitions.
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2021
#103
The Chinese have more coal power plants than the rest of the world combined.
Calista241
Mar 2021
#99
