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M. Molly Backes @mollybackes
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“Privilege lets you opt out of caring.” This is a must-read.
YES. This is such a good example of @rtraister’s assertion that to be a powerful white woman is often to be a kind of “cool girl” who molds herself according to what men most value.
Many white women work so hard to earn the approval and acceptance of white men that they forget that white men’s values, which center on maintaining the white heteropatriarchal status quo, aren’t necessarily their own.
Basically the bargain that many privileged white women have made is that they’ll devote their lives to supporting and maintaining the ascension, success, and comfort of white men in exchange for second place.
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