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Going to work with @BIPOCracism to document some of the "Wokesgiving" sentiments this year.
I'll be using this tweet to start a thread where I attach Woke Media takes on Thanksgiving and @BIPOCracism will be finding Thanksgiving-themed hate tweets.
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I'll be using this tweet to start a thread where I attach Woke Media takes on Thanksgiving and @BIPOCracism will be finding Thanksgiving-themed hate tweets.
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This is so real. theroot.com/its-white-peop…
Matter of fact, I wrote about it once. vox.com/policy-and-pol…
I'm vigorously procrastinating exercise, so a short thread on this.
One of the great privileges of being part of a hegemonic group is that you're the standard model, the baseline -- just a Person rather than a [Modifier] Person. In this case, just a man rather than a white man.
One of the great privileges of being part of a hegemonic group is that you're the standard model, the baseline -- just a Person rather than a [Modifier] Person. In this case, just a man rather than a white man.
the very first public comment was a #notallwhitepeople statement from Steve Sann who wanted credit for white people helping elect Tom Bradley to mayor back in the day.
folks have *1 minute* to offer comment on how their communities are being impacted by complex historical processes. which meant that Tim Watkins was cut off while talking abt Watts' challenges while white westsiders are calling in to complain about being gentrified by tall bldgs.
a woman calling from Crenshaw was trying to explain some of the ways which folks are being pushed out of the area and was cut off midway through.
#NotAllWhitePeople
Hey, the NHL is getting with the program. When you lose hockey players, MAGAts, you lose all actual sports. Enjoy Dana White and tractor pulling, losers.
Hey, the NHL is getting with the program. When you lose hockey players, MAGAts, you lose all actual sports. Enjoy Dana White and tractor pulling, losers.
LOL, you don't even have NASCAR anymore! We took NASCAR from you and we'll be fucked if we know what to do with this shit!
Like, you had to know it was all over once we got a black car jockey in there (are they car jockeys? I assume they are car jockeys. Fuck it, they are car jockeys now). Now, you can't watch NASCAR, you morons. You never had basketball, and football is gone. And you hate soccer...
Tbh your “analysis” of both Joe & Hillary’s messaging is pretty reminiscent of mansplaining from a cis/het White guy who isn’t reflective of the Democratic base aka marginalized Americans who understand that racism/misogyny/homophobia/greed are America’s moral stains/sins. 😒😷
As if we don’t already know the oppressor doesn’t like messaging that reads oppression for filth...
In other words...
Cults are bad.
Don't turn your support for a presidential candidate into cultish devotion. They each have major flaws--yes, even the one you adore--BUT they are all (except Tulsi Gabbard) immeasurably better than Tang the Corruptor. So promote what's good about your person.
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Don't turn your support for a presidential candidate into cultish devotion. They each have major flaws--yes, even the one you adore--BUT they are all (except Tulsi Gabbard) immeasurably better than Tang the Corruptor. So promote what's good about your person.
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Democrats and progressives claiming NOW, a year before the election that they won't vote for X if they are the nominee? You are working a disinformation campaign. There will be the nominee & there will be Trump. Just like 2016. Be prepared to explain your Trump vote every day.
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You have several months to push your candidate on their merits and policy.
All four of the top tier plus Harris beats Trump in every poll. So that "electability" nonsense is really just about getting people to choose your candidate. Fight for your person's policy.
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All four of the top tier plus Harris beats Trump in every poll. So that "electability" nonsense is really just about getting people to choose your candidate. Fight for your person's policy.
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Day two of #context19 This morning's speakers are @clairegcoleman @clementine_ford @RoyceRk2 and Manuela Akot. This set up is a long table, really interesting idea - like a brunch, with onlookers. The writers are going to speak on Writing To Tell The Truth. 
This event is run by @writerssainc in partnership with @CityofAdelaide and hosted in the excellent @AdelaideLibrary It's a free event on today and tomorrow, so come check it out if you're in the city. #context19
Manuela is an award winning poet, and she's also a very wise woman because she quit twitter two years ago.
If I may, I'd like to say a few words about this thread.
There are two things I learned while growing up:
1. If the facts don't match your assumptions, change your assumptions.
2. The thing you least want to do/hear, is the thing you most need to do/hear.
There are two things I learned while growing up:
1. If the facts don't match your assumptions, change your assumptions.
2. The thing you least want to do/hear, is the thing you most need to do/hear.
As you may have noticed, I'm a middle-aged white guy. Because of the above two rules, I like to think that I've avoided some of the mental/moral traps which makes one a modern-day conservative.
Not "I have", but "I like to think." Big diff.
When I got on this app, I followed..
Not "I have", but "I like to think." Big diff.
When I got on this app, I followed..
People who I liked, as well as voices I felt I needed to listen to. Voices like Adrian (with an A-n), @docrocktex26, @Freeyourmindkid, @lessgallon, more.
And, at times, they irritated me! (Well, not Propane Jane. She's always awesome.) And I would internally, #NotAllWhitePeople
And, at times, they irritated me! (Well, not Propane Jane. She's always awesome.) And I would internally, #NotAllWhitePeople
Privilege is thinking a non-trivial amount of loyal Fox viewers would vote for a Democrat if only we’d hold more town halls there.
This idea isn’t just wrong, it’s part of how we got here. Like the economic anxiety narrative, it extends a degree of innocence to bigots that is unearned and contrary to fact.
You’re #NotAllWhitePeople-ing the white people who deserve it least. Not that any of us deserve it. But if you think devoted Fox viewers (who wouldn’t watch a Dem town hall on another channel) are voting on something besides white male supremacy, you’re not paying attention.
I’ve been asked recently, especially during #WhitenessHistoryMonth, what white people can *do* when confronting white supremacy.
First off, I super appreciate the question. It’s something that gives me pause. (And it should tbh.)
First off, I super appreciate the question. It’s something that gives me pause. (And it should tbh.)
[1] We cannot do the work of anti-racism for points. Or for nods from influential black and brown people.
And Lord knows, I’ve tried. I’ve wanted the affirmation from people of color for this work. (And, sure, sometimes it arrives; but it cannot be our basis for action.)
And Lord knows, I’ve tried. I’ve wanted the affirmation from people of color for this work. (And, sure, sometimes it arrives; but it cannot be our basis for action.)
We have to do the work of anti-racism and dismantling white supremacy BECAUSE IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. Period.
We have to do it because whiteness is killing us, too.
We have to do it because whiteness is killing us, too.
Definitely one of the most helpful tweets/threads of 2018: #9ReplyGuys
In fact, @sbarolo 's thread above is so good that I want to translate it into Japanese. I hope you don't mind, Scott?
(The translation is partial and rather loose, but hopefully it'll carry the essence of your ideas.)
(The translation is partial and rather loose, but hopefully it'll carry the essence of your ideas.)
最初のツイートで引用したスレッドの部分翻訳です。もとは、女性科学者にあれこれしょうもないことを言ってくる男性についてですが、応用は効くと思います。#9ReplyGuys
1) Calling out liberal bigotry isn’t racism
2) If ‘unity’ means being silent about liberal bigotry, no thanks
3) We can multitask & don’t have to choose between fighting racism & focusing on the election
4) Liberals resisting Trump isn’t the same as Blacks resisting injustice
2) If ‘unity’ means being silent about liberal bigotry, no thanks
3) We can multitask & don’t have to choose between fighting racism & focusing on the election
4) Liberals resisting Trump isn’t the same as Blacks resisting injustice
5) We don’t have to say #NotAllWhitePeople to assuage liberals
6) If truth about liberal bigotry ‘alienates’ you, you were never genuine
7) If being offended affects your allyship, you were never an ally
8) You don’t get to dictate how Black people speak about their oppression
6) If truth about liberal bigotry ‘alienates’ you, you were never genuine
7) If being offended affects your allyship, you were never an ally
8) You don’t get to dictate how Black people speak about their oppression
9) You don’t get a door prize teaching ‘in the inner city’ and going home to the burbs
10) Tweeting isn’t real activism, it doesn’t make you a ‘resister’ or an ‘ally’
11) Announcing you’re unfollowing because you’re offended by the truth of liberal racism is childish, grow up
10) Tweeting isn’t real activism, it doesn’t make you a ‘resister’ or an ‘ally’
11) Announcing you’re unfollowing because you’re offended by the truth of liberal racism is childish, grow up
Stop looking for the next Obama.
You didn't even appreciate the last Obama.
You didn't even appreciate the last Obama.
"Let's find someone who's just like Obama.....except this time, he's whiter."
Yeah, quit telling on yourselves.
Yeah, quit telling on yourselves.
I know I just activated #NotAllWhitePeople Twitter, but anyway...
This take and others like it keep popping up on my feed.
The vast majority of them were written by white people and then shared by other white ppl.
Us white folks are not the primary target or victims here - and we're telegraphing our obliviousness to that with these takes.
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The vast majority of them were written by white people and then shared by other white ppl.
Us white folks are not the primary target or victims here - and we're telegraphing our obliviousness to that with these takes.
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If your first reaction is to fire off a #notallwhitepeople reply, don't.
If it ain't about you, don't make it about u.
There is nothing more off-putting than when someone personalizes something not about them and then insists on proving they're an Above-Average White Person™.
If it ain't about you, don't make it about u.
There is nothing more off-putting than when someone personalizes something not about them and then insists on proving they're an Above-Average White Person™.
These takes are well-intended. They're worthy of discussion. They're understandable.
But when it comes to matters of oppression, persecution, violence and abuse, the most threatened and vulnerable get to lead.
Their voices should carry furthest.
But when it comes to matters of oppression, persecution, violence and abuse, the most threatened and vulnerable get to lead.
Their voices should carry furthest.
To the white folx out here, always reminding us that you’re our allies: you can stop now. In case no one took the time to let you know this tiny detail, let me tell you now: WE KNOW OUR ALLIES BY WHAT THEY DO, NOT BY WHAT THEY SAY.
Don’t do this work looking your invitation to a barbecue, cookout, fiesta, luau, blengur or any variation thereof. WE WILL NOT BE HANDING OUT GOLD STARS AND TROPHIES TO OUR MOST “WOKE” WHITE SAVIORS.
If you do this work, let it be because you know the difference between right and wrong, because you care about the people, because justice is greater than egos and accolades.
