I agree. There are many varieties of oppression. In this particular case I was referring to racial oppression, acts that strengthen the system of white supremacy under which we live, a system that burst open under Trump. These acts lie on a spectrum from “microaggression” to the murder of George Floyd. Likewise banning Black-authored boo…
I agree. There are many varieties of oppression. In this particular case I was referring to racial oppression, acts that strengthen the system of white supremacy under which we live, a system that burst open under Trump. These acts lie on a spectrum from “microaggression” to the murder of George Floyd. Likewise banning Black-authored books and Black history in general, gerrymandering away the right to vote, etc. I’m not talking about demographics or individuals, and definitely not a system that must last forever. A system of power exercised and supported by millions of white Americans, sometimes unconsciously, to the general detriment of Black people. The degree to which people buy into the system depends on how they intersect with structural racism. My experiences in the civil rights and farmworkers’ struggles taught me that not all whites are racist, but most all racists are white. Many white people have risked and given their lives in the Freedom Movement. Unfortunately, they are the exception.
I agree. There are many varieties of oppression. In this particular case I was referring to racial oppression, acts that strengthen the system of white supremacy under which we live, a system that burst open under Trump. These acts lie on a spectrum from “microaggression” to the murder of George Floyd. Likewise banning Black-authored books and Black history in general, gerrymandering away the right to vote, etc. I’m not talking about demographics or individuals, and definitely not a system that must last forever. A system of power exercised and supported by millions of white Americans, sometimes unconsciously, to the general detriment of Black people. The degree to which people buy into the system depends on how they intersect with structural racism. My experiences in the civil rights and farmworkers’ struggles taught me that not all whites are racist, but most all racists are white. Many white people have risked and given their lives in the Freedom Movement. Unfortunately, they are the exception.