Kevin is trying his best. He seems sincere. But he's exhibiting the core fallacy that blocks a lot of white people from engaging honestly in this discourse. This is a gross mischaracterization of what is happening when we say "white people". It's intellectually lazy and dishonest
https://twitter.com/kevinrwhitley/status/1334191054384455680
Let me be extra clear for @kevinrwhitley and everyone else.
"lumping the *entire* population categorically into a single entity"
This is wrong. It is not what is happening. This framing is *entirely* about YOUR feelings. Not about what is actually being said.
"lumping the *entire* population categorically into a single entity"
This is wrong. It is not what is happening. This framing is *entirely* about YOUR feelings. Not about what is actually being said.
Until you can hear the phrase "white people" without turning it into an absolute generalization in your head, you will find that you do not have the range that is necessary to participate in the discourse. That's it. That's a place to start.
Saying the phrase "white people" is not the same, in any way, to what Whiteness has done to Black people and other PoC in this country. It is the smallest and most inconsequential similarity. Getting stuck there is how you show that you aren't really ready to hear the rest of it.
I don't know how to be any more clear than that. We need to talk directly and explicitly about Whiteness. We have to. It's gonna feel bad to a lot of people, and I have some sympathy for that. But this is the work. It is the only way we move forward.
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