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In 2006 a teenage girl died in a traffic collision. A deputy sheriff leaked the pictures of the crime scene & the family received a settlement from the department.
Fast forward 2020, media replays video of a man being murdered by police.
#whiteprivilege is being shielded from seeing images of a dead white American girl while being forced to watch violence against black Americans by public servants.
What purpose does it serve? To traumatize black Americans & to desensitize the rest of us?

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It's pretty bittersweet how some white saviour women think they know better than the peoples in Indigenous marginalized communities that they lack lived & working experiences with, on rez & are supposed to be serving. It's foolish to ever think you'll get 100% community support on any native rez - never happened in all the years band councils were ever established. You can't be arrogant enough to think you know better than everyone else. You can't ever think you're irreplaceable too - all of us are replaceable in work arenas. You can't put your ego above bigger community needs. To do so is to put yourself & your inflated ego, over everyone else - that blocks genuine, purposeful & essential collaborative work. You choose to put greater good over your own inflated ego. That is part of true maturity.

Is it me or this nobody who gets famous by licking transphobes' a$$ rather than actually winning a competition also managed to make it a display of racism?

Taking a knee has important significance in the Civil Rights Movement. It's a gesture against racism and discrimination.

This white person actually thought she was discriminated and had a right to take a knee.
It's #WhitePrivilege and #CulturalAppropriation all in one.

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John Boyega Says ‘Star Wars’ Is ‘So White That a Black Person Existing in It’ Is a Big Deal: Toxic Fans Are ‘Okay With Us Playing the Friend’ but We ‘Cant Touch Their Heroes’

By Zack Sharf
Mar 31, 2025 8:35am PT

Variety · John Boyega: 'Star Wars' Is So White and Fans Reject Black HeroesBy Zack Sharf

in my opinion, there are 2 key takeaways from 'white fragility' by robin diangelo:

1. racism is not an ‘either / or’ binary but rather a continuum &
2. the challenge is to accept and grapple with this truth.

full review: idealistatheart.com/white-frag

#book #books #bookstodon
#nonfiction #reading #amreading #read #review #bookreview #bookrecommendation

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@ErgonWolf I care, friend. I just wish more people did or could even admit what's happening, to themselves.

I'm putting up flyers, stickers, "On Tyranny" in Liitle Free Libraries. All trying to wake my neighbors up to the threat.

I'm organizing on here and in encrypted chats. Especially if things get as bad as we know they can.

I've created threads on White Christian Nationalism, Policing & Prison Profits, Big Social & LGBTQ+ issues on a discussion board frequented by mostly middle class to uppermiddle class cis-het white normies.

@lavaeolus and many others are working diligently to save our research and data from the DOGE purge.

We need people with projectors in high traffic areas showing the normies what's going on because most of them have hid their heads in their #WhitePrivilege.

I'm afraid it's going to take a major economic collapse before they come out of their stupor.

tldr: I care & so do others. We just need more.

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@ErickaSimone
Laffy used her #WhitePrivilege to bravely flee to Canada and now, rather than concentrate on fixing her new country's own substantial failings, continues to trade on spamming #USPolitics, including and especially bashing Dems.
White people are responsible for this mess, but they won't TAKE responsability.
It's a mutual block, but she keeps popping up with new accounts to keep her clout so I'm constantly playing whack a mole with her posts.