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In reply to the discussion: Why DO so many of my fellow whites automatically defend ANYTHING cops n' judges do to black people? [View all]MrScorpio
(73,772 posts)Whites who haven't either learned or chosen to gravitate outside of their own protective bubble of white normality find it difficult to conceive of the idea that the rules that are applied to them are not automatically conferred on everyone else.
Also, white supremacy conditions people to fear those who are non-white. It serves to diminish the basic humanity of non-white people.
A lifetime of cultural indoctrination affects everyone, even some non-white people in this country. In the most extreme is cases, take for example black conservatives. These are people who have fully embraced this indoctrination of white supremacy. Their advocacy is not in behalf of all people of color, as they're going to be the first in line to reinforce white supremacist stereotypes of non-white people. Most of these conservatives are rewarded for this activism with exposure and employment. Their main function is to put a non-white face on white supremacy.
Don't forget that there are financial incentives as well to impose white supremacist policies. This is what drives the systemic application of institutionalized white supremacy. It's given us the school to prison pipeline for black and brown people, as well as the imposition of private prisons, prison industries and regressive parole policies. This is of course the how capitalism serves to maintain systemic white supremacy.
Never forget that America was founded as a white utopia, built on the backs of black slave labor. Slavery still exists in this country, as the 13th Amendment allows it as punishment for crimes. Our entire history is a long struggle against these original injustices. It is absolutely a work in progress at this very moment.
We're not there yet and frankly, I doubt it if we're going to right all of these wrongs within our lifetimes. We're fighting against the fundamental anti-black, pro-white supremacist nature of America.