Ethnic Minorities and People of Color

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I think part of it might just be that there are people who legit just don't think its a thing and therefore they just get used to telling people white supremacy is bad.

Which reminds me of a conversation two of my coworkers were having. I didn't really catch quite everything that was said, but to summarize one coworker (conservative POC) was talking about how an older POC woman was debating him on ideas of relationships and family building. Her argument seemed to have ended with "gender roles and the idea of traditional families is rooted in white supremacy" to paraphrase his paraphrasing of it lol. And my other coworker (liberal or at least more lib leaning POC) agreed with him that that was a weird position to have. I kept wonder if the woman that brought up white supremacy even attempted to explain why that is, so I kept wanting to jump in on the conversation to explain a bit, but I was busy talking with someone else about something work related so I ended up not being able to.

Anyway, what I want to say is that there are still a lot of people who can't make the connection and my hope is that people who bring up "thing is bad because of white supremacy" can educate people on why. For example, in this case if the person making that argument didn't really have the time to explain why white supremacy informs a lot of conservative opinions on gender roles and trad families then at the very least recommend reading someone like Bell Hooks, who I think pretty eloquently lays it all out, especially in Will To Change.

Of course I can also see the hang up possibly coming from trying to explain what we do about it because a lot of the same people that say this also end up being massive libs who thouth that the US having a black president was going to change things and the only reason it didn't was because racists got more racist and not that Obama was upholding one wing of American fascism.

My frustration is often with liberals who don't understand racists revel in their racism, don't care about hypocrisy, and think we can simply explain how racism is bad will change the racists' minds. We all know this shit and we've known for decades. They know and don't care. They actively decide they'd rather steal shit and hurt people.

And even worse is they think if we change whoever is on top, it will end racism. Libs will advocate for this immediately after they've mentioned systemic racism.

Hampton said it best: you don't fight white supremacy with black supremacy. You fight it with socialism. But liberals wouldn't be liberals if they advocated for communism, which they equate with fascism.

(I definitely think I just did the thing you mentioned in explaining racism lol...hope it's not too irritating)

I'm glad to hear about my impact here. I really hope it goes well for you. If you need any assistance about food or even anything else (like clothing or hygiene), let me know.

Happy B-Day! What ingredients do you use for plant-based cake? I’ve been trying to learn more vegan recipes.

You'd think they'd get it, being women, and understand white people treat non-white people the way men treat women. Hahaahahaaa nope! You'll hear all kinds of awful, homophobic, transphobic, racist shit come out of white women's mouths when they think it's safe to do so, just like their male counterparts.

We need an emoji for that hexbear who said something like "whiteness is the black hole all liberalism, reaction, and bigotry orbits."

And white trans women are the white women of trans women

For me, it's been chickpeas... that's been my top tier protein. Can't go wrong with that, but I love tofu and TVP, too!

Basically my mom would make shrimp cocktail but instead of shrimp she made it with carne de soya instead. We still called it shrimp cocktail even if it didn't have any shrimp

I never knew you were POC and ethnic minority but welcome :07:

The double standard is the point. Remember that whites aren't consistent, they are nasty little hypocrites who will take every opportunity to demean minorities while praising their own for the same behaviour. Israel and Ukraine have been the most transparent examples of this, but there are countless others in everyday life.

So relieved Spaniards destroyed the land of my people, its cultures, and environment only to make infrastructure that doesn't work. Really, I hope it worth the millions of bodies and centuries of oppression 🥰

I remember pre-BLM when White women used to have in their profiles "I'm not racist but I don't date Blacks or Mexicans, sorry, it's just cultural differences" then years later see the same profile floating around post-BLM and it was missing the disclaimer. Haha

Like Paul Mooney said, I like my crackers a little salty. I prefer they just announce it, not that I'm interested in dating anyone White anyway.