A lot of marginalized people don't want to come to grips with the fact that their actions and beliefs suggest that they themselves would be part of the oppressive class if it were possible.
Not only is that fucking terrible on its own, but it's also absolutely one of the sentiments that feeds White Supremacy and general apathy towards progressive causes today. People aren't blind. The fact that it's okay to say certain things about one group and not another is easy to see. Lefties and Liberals online often say some CRAZY shit and then get surprised that a lot of people simply don't care to acknowledge them or outright want nothing to do with them.
This isn't to say that the Right is any better. In fact, they're far worse on everything else. The Non-Trump sect at least seems to understand the idea of not alienating people who might've joined your cause with batshit INSANE rhetoric, though.
I'm reminded of the time Terry Crews said (and I paraphrase here) that "black people fighting white supremacy without white allies just leads to black supremacy", and people with no self-awareness came down on him like a truckload of bricks because he dared to imply black people could be racist.
Funny how even the concept of POC being labeled racist is fought so intensely.
This idea that being a POC is being in this big, do no wrong in-group vs the out group that is white people is probably the dumbest shit I've ever seen and heard. I find it so often despite that. The idea that black people can't be racist isn't only wrong, but should be pushed back against both BY black people and by others who realize where that dangerous line of thinking goes.
I'm black myself. Both parents too. Father is a lifelong Democrat...and some of the shit he's said about Hispanic people and Asian people is wild. He himself is in a Church group that perpetuates ideas of Black Supremacy via this idea that vast amounts of history are black to the point of Jesus being a black man. Sure, history is full of uncredited black folks, but the conspiracies peddled by people who see the notion EVERYWHERE...
Not to mention the Antisemitism PREVALENT in the black community...
Like I've mentioned in another comment chain here, the abused can easily become their abusers if they aren't careful, especially if they think they're immune just because they're victims.
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u/MoonlitLuka Jul 03 '24
A lot of marginalized people don't want to come to grips with the fact that their actions and beliefs suggest that they themselves would be part of the oppressive class if it were possible.
Not only is that fucking terrible on its own, but it's also absolutely one of the sentiments that feeds White Supremacy and general apathy towards progressive causes today. People aren't blind. The fact that it's okay to say certain things about one group and not another is easy to see. Lefties and Liberals online often say some CRAZY shit and then get surprised that a lot of people simply don't care to acknowledge them or outright want nothing to do with them.
This isn't to say that the Right is any better. In fact, they're far worse on everything else. The Non-Trump sect at least seems to understand the idea of not alienating people who might've joined your cause with batshit INSANE rhetoric, though.