Thread by @StrangelEdweird

From @kmele on @wethefifth:

"The perspective that is allowable in certain corners of the intelligentsia and broadcast television is one that says that blackness is some kind of congenital defect—some sort of seal of your societal proclivity toward failure and awfulness." (1/10)

"And it’s not your fault, but you are likely to fail absent the intervention of white people to save you, help you, redeem you, to speak out on your behalf.

It’s a perspective that says that the most important thing about you—and about anyone else, perhaps—is your race." (2/10)

"At a minimum, it is among the most important things. It is a perspective that says that the only explanation for any disparity between racial groups is racial bias." (3/10)

"This is a perspective. One might hold this perspective, but it’s important to [also] acknowledge the perspective that they are saying is too radical..." (4/10)

"...which is one that says that the most important thing about you is *not* your race, and that societal outcomes can be driven by a number of things—but they are, in general, as a rule, quite complicated." (5/10)

"And that it’s important to be precise when we use charges like 'racism' or 'white supremacy,' and that motives matter, and that black people are *not* destined to fail." (6/10)

"And that most black people who live in predominantly black neighborhoods are not in danger of dying every day, every minute, in every single police interaction." (7/10)

"I think this is not just fact-based and generally true—I think it’s also consistent with this vision, this ideal that is embodied in the March on Washington speech that Dr. King gave..." (8/10)

"...A speech that, if he were to give it on a prominent television network might get him canceled, and might put him in a position in where he can’t be invited again." (9/10)

"I just think that our perspective on these things is closer to his vision than what is currently being articulated by anti-racists. And to the degree that the anti-racist perspective is dominating these other spheres, that seems fucking important." (10/10)