The lie that white privilege renders you unassailable
It’s not a lie. We’re just constricting the definition of whiteness. White people remain privileged. I’m a white guy in Houston, where a ton of the shit is going down, and I’ve never felt “safer”.
But folks who thought they were “white” enough in Pasadena are experiencing something very different.
We’ll see how many of them rise to the occasion and how many bend the knee.
Hard to rise to the occasion when there’s a boot on your neck. And in a place like Texas, it’s very hard to find someone to trust much less organize with.
I don’t begrudge folks who bend the knee to save their skin. Not when the alternative is to simply get added to the line of crucifixions.
It’s not a lie. We’re just constricting the definition of whiteness.
The fact that the definition can constrict is what I’m talking about. It is a lie that white privilege renders you unassailable, because as we see, the system can decide you’re not white after all and haul you off anyways.
My family is mixed race, so I’m very cognizant that my skin tone will not save me if they decide I’m guilty by association. I’m privileged because I’m white enough to pass, but that evaporates as soon as people run a background check and my other name comes up.
It’s not a lie. We’re just constricting the definition of whiteness. White people remain privileged. I’m a white guy in Houston, where a ton of the shit is going down, and I’ve never felt “safer”.
But folks who thought they were “white” enough in Pasadena are experiencing something very different.
Hard to rise to the occasion when there’s a boot on your neck. And in a place like Texas, it’s very hard to find someone to trust much less organize with.
I don’t begrudge folks who bend the knee to save their skin. Not when the alternative is to simply get added to the line of crucifixions.
The fact that the definition can constrict is what I’m talking about. It is a lie that white privilege renders you unassailable, because as we see, the system can decide you’re not white after all and haul you off anyways.
My family is mixed race, so I’m very cognizant that my skin tone will not save me if they decide I’m guilty by association. I’m privileged because I’m white enough to pass, but that evaporates as soon as people run a background check and my other name comes up.
Bro it’s gonna shatter. Lol