Thread by @BameFor

The problem for some sections of the left is their unrecognised paternalistic white privilege, class reductionism and anti fascist fetishisation at the expense of confronting systemic racism, is it condescendingly assumes that when it comes to fighting racism, they know best.

Anti fascism is the easiest form of anti racism to deal with given its binary nature. Tacking systemic racism is much more complex and demands you look at institutions, individuals and yourself in a critical light. This is sometimes reflexively seen as weakening the working class

It’s so much easier to chase bone head fascists than confront racist policing. Some on the left refuse to acknowledge their global position as a Labour aristocracy. They believe that they are the vanguard of working class struggle. All this amounts to an insufferable arrogance.

In this climate of fuax revolutionary ferver some end up dictating and demanding black people simply bow down to their reactionary ideological position. They become offended when challenged by Black people and like most liberals then descend into a racist reactionary response.

Black and Asian people know how to deal with fascists, they remain in the minority. Our wholesale experience of racism in policing, the workplace, the #NHS and schools. Confronting systemic racism illicits a largely performative anti racist response from sections of the left.

Because confronting institutional systemic racism would require confronting the racism of some of the working classes they instinctively demure from that fight. This results in a anti racist Labour movement that is complicit with the racism of its own members.

So we end up with so called white anti fascists sending banana emojis to black women who challenge their racism and their use of racist perspectives/language and confused white liberals defending the indefensible. Black and Asian socialists are deemed the enemy.

And so we stand in solidarity with @GatissJudy @Marxist_Leesh @doloreselee and all black women under attack from these reactionary elements and some who are no doubt agent provocateurs. We applaud those white allies who see the real reality. #SocialistSunday #BlackLivesMatter