From the one pic I saw of the jacket, it also had what I think were a soviet star and Israeli flag. I don’t think he exactly had a coherent ideology.

Yes, I’m aware. Which doesn’t really matter when we’re as committed to doing fuck all as we are.

The ‘whole story’ doesn’t even matter. I don’t care what the kid was doing, you don’t tell a 10 year old they are going to get shot.

What in the fuck are you talking about? He was explicitly clear.

So how does that excuse the usher of pushing people?

Is this the hill you’re willing to die on?

Slavery *was* a choice...

I have come to the conclusion that, while you can’t trust everyone who CAN spell, you can’t trust anyone who can’t.

Stop this bullshit virtue signalling. You’re a fucking adult in this country acting like you need Black people to coach you through dismantling the system your people created. It’s a sure sign of a white person who wants nothing more than good person status when you go online talking about you don’t know what to do.…

Which is part of Damon’s article: keep not being a dick and you’re good but there will never be a good answer from a PoC for that question from a white person asking for a solution for all PoCs.

I was listening to a podcast with W. Kamau Bell and he says he’s asked a version of this question all the time. He actually gives answers - call out racism among other white people, look into a SURJ meeting, etc. And he said that often, the white people will ask “OK, but like, what else?” and he’s like, cool, so you…

Thank you for explaining all of this data. However, what would be more useful in the conversation IMO is to put this data into historical and socio-political context. Re: this comment I made above:

White folks ain’t that damned stupid, they could just stop that bullshit but what they really want is how to be helpful and maintain their status, which is some inherently contradictory bullshit.

You’re right, that was “diplomatic” and I don’t want to seem like I’m tip-toeing around the issue of blatant preferential treatment this man received. Thanks for pointing that out.

I’m not going to rag on you for doing what you think helps, but IMO the best thing you can do is (as you mentioned) callout other white folks on their shit. But not just when they do obvious racist shit, but the shit that down-low racist (like worrying if their car is safe in “that neighborhood.” It might be a legit…

Absolutely this. “How can I be a better white person without really changing any of the truly fucked up shit or giving up any supremacy?”

Yes and no on this. While I’m certain there are white people who simply want to be told there’s an easy way to buy a clear conscience — or best of all, that they’re awesome allies already and they don’t need to do a thing — there are also white people who aren’t quite sure where to devote their efforts. I’m one of…

Ever since I saw that scene in ‘X’ where Malcolm told that White woman she couldn’t do anything to help Black people I’ve contemplated this question. Then, just last week it hit me. White folks ain’t that damned stupid, they could just stop that bullshit but what they really want is how to be helpful and maintain…

I live in California now, originally from Knoxville. Yes, redneckism and racism are alive and well in parts of the state but honestly, its not horribly different from California. Move away from the major cities and the same ignorance and racism is prevalent. Its more of a rural versus metro kind of thing and that…