Thread by @XLNB

The empathy those racist white kids who taunted the Native American elder are receiving isn’t a display of humanity. It’s indicative of how pervasive white supremacy is in America. Black boys & girls never get this much nuance.

You’re not showing empathy when you feel bad for those racist children. You’re showing a lack of humanity, and your racism, because you see more nuance in children taunting a Native American while wearing the latest iteration of a confederate flag (or swastika) on their head.

Those kids are from rich, racist, well off families. The fact they taunted a Native American elder is indicative of the fact they’ve been taught to other black & brown people and they’ve never faced real world consequences for their actions.

They’re the children who grow up to be Antonin Scalia, Tr*mp, Mitch Mcconnell, Robert E. Lee, George Wallace, George Washington, or Steve King.

They’re the next wave of white supremacists. Focus your energy on empathizing with the black & brown kids who actually need it.

Those kids aren’t vulnerable or marginalized. They need consequences. Maybe they’ll learn or maybe they’ll be so afraid they never do anything racist again (doubtful), but they absolutely do not need any of your sympathy.

I can’t do anything about conservative/white supremacist voices who are going to coddle them. But I shouldn’t see “progressive” or “left leaning” people coddling the next generation of racists who want me dead. It betrays your ideology.