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Hiiiii. One small rant before I get to work regarding the #CovingtonCatholic students. (FWIW I went to a nearby Catholic school Newport Central Catholic & dated a guy at CovCath my senior year of HS so I grew up in this very area & community)
Reports claim black men were harassing the white students with “racist & homophobic slurs.” Let me make one thing clear f*ggot is a slur that has been reclaimed by some gay men but is not acceptable for use as an insult, especially from straight folks.
That said: White boy & cracker, ARE NOT RACIST SLURS. There are no racist slurs for white ppl bc white surpremacy is the structure of racism which aids rather than harms white ppl. No one was racist toward those kids. White men in #MAGA hats are the embodiment of racism.
The inability for people to believe anyone can be wrong after being wronged—that is, that these students behaved badly after being called homophobic slurs—demonstrates the lack of understanding of mutual accountability & power dynamics run amuck on the right.
The inability for people to understand that wearing those hats while white & male is proclaiming hatred via implicit unilateral support of all #NotMyPresident’s racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic ableist lies & policies.
While not necessarily a sign of imminent danger, seeing white men in MAGA hats for POC & queer folks is like seeing someone in a white hood or w/ a swastika on their clothes. We know what you’re communicating. If you don’t, then you don’t understand how symbolism functions.
