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FortuneCookie posted...

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.

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.

Yes, not being proactively antiracist means you kind of suck. It isnt that hard. Youre acting like its some Herculean undertaking. You should be contributing to anti racism where you can. That doesnt even mean what you clearly think it does, volunteering or money or whether. Just fucking call people out when theyre being racist. Work through your own ingrained racism.

I dont know what makes you think I dont hold myself to the same standards.i am
unclear what youre trying to say with holding myself to the same measurement. I mean, for one, Im not white, but I do still do the work to combat systemic racism.

Your statement that anyone who pushes back against racism is told theyre making the fight about them is needlessly dramatic. Has that happened? Sure. Usually when people actually were being performative, but not always. Is it common? Of course not.