I think it high time to point out the destructive history of angry White men and their fake tears and real shouts. All those powerful & patriarchal & racist White men who presented themselves as victims of plots to take them down, meaning their freedom to assault us, to rule U.S.
To understand American history is to understand the sensational fairytales of White male victimhood where the victimizers are the victims and the victims are the victimizers.
When they snatched liberty from Black people they presented themselves as victims of British snatchers of their liberty. When they enslaved people they presented themselves as victims of those resisting their enslavement.
When they raped enslaved Black women, they presented themselves as victims of Black women’s advances. When they stole Native American land they presented themselves as victims of Native people fighting for their land.
When they violently resisted Reconstruction, they presented themselves as victims of Black politicians. When they disenfranchised, they presented themselves as victims of suffragists.
When they segregated America, they presented themselves as victims of civil rights activists. When they mass incarcerated and deported millions, they presented themselves as victims of “criminal” immigrants and Blacks.
When their officers recklessly killed, they presented themselves as victims of the defenders of Black lives. When women started saying #MeToo, they presented themselves as victims of conspiracies.
And too many times, non-White men and women have believed their victimhood. History does not just repeat. History devastates until we devastate their power to reinforce their power on their claims of victimhood.
