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Staying comfortable with racism by distancing ourselves from its realities is one of the hallmarks of whiteness on the left. This trick — of focusing on how we feel in order to ignore systemic inequalities that lead to better outcomes for us as white people — is part of the smoke and mirrors we use with ourselves to stay dissociated from racism. Focusing on how we feel rather than the observable, material impacts of systems on Global Majority and Indigenous people also doubles down on centering the white experience in issues of race and racism.
Betsy Hodges
Aza Y. Alam
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Great analysis - thank you.
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