Share this page!

Wesley Yang Profile picture
Twitter logo
8 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
There are still people claiming that wokeness is about the rhetorical excesses of college students or celebrity cancellations when public health officials in Minnesota are prioritizing a black 18-year old over a white 64-year old for lifesaving treatment freebeacon.com/coronavirus/fo… Image
I really didn't want to be this right when I said back in 2018 that this purely discursive phenomenon would sweep through institutional America and shatter all Constitutional restraints
I think it would be better to make reparations take the form of a strict cash transfer instead of corrupting every institution without actually ameliorating anything

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Wesley Yang

Wesley Yang Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @wesyang

Wesley Yang Profile picture
8 Jan
This footnote by Amia Srinivasan, taken from her book, the Right to Sex, poses the question in a useful way. It is a hard question that is part of the psychosexual pre-history of our times. I will feel I have satisfied my purpose as I writer when I have answered it. Image
What I like about the framing is the way at looks at two pieces by the same author and uses it as a lens to look at the way the world change. Here are two of my favorites: salon.com/2005/09/20/kun…

And: thecut.com/2018/06/summer…
The story told in Srinivasan's sequence is in a way the same story told in mine. This is the story that hasn't quite been told, merely acted out by the culture industries.
Read 5 tweets
Wesley Yang Profile picture
6 Jan
New senate bill would create anti-racism center within CDC, declare racism a public health crisis, write Kendian definition of anti racism into US law
Activist copypasta jargon -- professional cadres within nonprofit sector and professional guilds -- Democratic party messaging -- national legislation -- bounty of federal sinecures -- unconstitutional public policy that redistributes vital public resources by race
Whoops, it's from 2 years ago. Not sure why this account just posted now. So not going to go anywhere, but an interesting peek back at what Liz Warren was up to back then.
Read 4 tweets
Wesley Yang Profile picture
25 Dec 21
When the woke rail against “whiteness”, they are railing against the rule of the most WASPified 2nd through fourth Gen Italians, Irish, Jews, Greeks, Slavs, and Poles
*the ones who scored highest on the SAT
The test was the instrument for picking from the various European ethnicities for incorporation into an Ivy League superclass — but concurrently to the project of black-white integration
Read 5 tweets
Wesley Yang Profile picture
24 Dec 21
Not allowed to barbecue on the balcony, which faces the street, but am going to see if I can get away with it
Read 4 tweets
Wesley Yang Profile picture
24 Dec 21
Omicron makes it so that there is no longer a pro-social purpose to taking a vaccine or booster. Vaccines do not prevent transmission of Omicron and thus do not protect anyone else.

What they do is protect *you* from serious illness.
Sure, the data will show some difference based on vaccine and boosted status.

As a practical matter, whoever isn't isolating will get Omicron. That's what my various social networks are all telling me -- and I think what most of everyone's social networks are telling them.
If you are vaccinated and boosted it will just be a cold.
Read 4 tweets
Wesley Yang Profile picture
22 Dec 21
This is the political version of "My Penis, Myself" theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…
A publication enabling an ongoing mental health episode
It's the third tweet that is most revealing
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @wesyang has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @wesyang!

Read all threads by @wesyang

:(