This is fine. It's true that a lot of people are still stuck on bringing anti-racism into their personal praxis.
But I wanna be clear. When we talk about purging white supremacy from the *culture*. That requires a movement. Individualism won't do it.
But I wanna be clear. When we talk about purging white supremacy from the *culture*. That requires a movement. Individualism won't do it.
https://twitter.com/jeffwhelpley/status/1367157566141251586?s=19
I'm beginning to understand how the insistence on individualism is directly tied to maintaining the status quo. It is about ensuring there is no community, no coalition-building, no collective action. The only things that have ever successfully battled against oppression.
It has to start with acknowledging the culture you inhabit. Whenever I talk about purging white supremacy, what I get is white people talking to me about individual efforts with their family members. That's just not the challenge in front of you. That's not how culture moves.
This is partly why I started talking more about Whiteness and less about "white people". Whiteness is a culture. One that can be examined and understood. One that can then be shifted by cultural movements that seek to do so. That is the work.
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