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Zonbei posted...

Where is this individual being blamed for anything? White people who dont bother to make efforts to help push back against systemic racism ARE at fault. Everyone that doesnt apply to? They arent getting blamed for shit. You know that evil virtue signaling everyone is always yelling about? The people doing that (I.e being allies) are the ones not getting blamed.

I've come across this narrative before. The ones that make an effort to push back are doing so to make the fight about themselves. Otherwise, they're paying their penitence for the wrongdoing of living privileged lives heretofore unchecked.

There's no way to get clean or make things right when the charge is privilege.

attributing social inequality to some nebulous and specific villains is part of the problem. The problem is white people who continue to perpetuate the systemic inequality. If that doesnt apply to you, you arent part of the problem and you dont need to fucking whine about the ones who are being called out.

The problem is that the "ones that are being called out" are people simply living their lives. You've already said that anyone who isn't proactively antiracist is part of the problem. I would say that measurement makes a villain of anyone who doesn't at least contribute to the cause.

I hope you have the same measurement for yourself that you have for me. If not, I'm eager to read your reasoning why.