It's not the MAGA mob's whiteness alone that explains why they weren't shot, beaten or arrested en masse. It's bc their rage seeks to reinforce the SYSTEM of whiteness, which they see threatened by Trump's defeat. If they were leftists or antiracists, they'd have been brutalized.
The bigger issue is the way law enforcement responds to people based on whether they are fighting to upend traditional hierarchy and injustice or reinforce and maintain it. If it's the latter, no problem. The former, all bets are off.
This means, typically, that Black and brown folks -- more likely to be protesting existing hierarchy and systems of domination -- will get the brunt of the abuse not merely for being Black and brown but for fighting white supremacy...
Meanwhile, white folks, more often fighting to defend existing hierarchy and authority (bc we benefit from it) will be able to get away with mayhem and terrorism and even by driven to Burger King after like Dylann Roof
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