As not-a-black-person, I really don't want to speak for them. I feel like so many black people just write off white feminist spaces though, like Jezebel. And its really not surprising.

I'm not sure it is "brave," I am protected by a burner and exactly what are the repercussions for me? I'm pissing off lots of white women who would still prefer to see this instance with NYC teachers as a "white people" problem, but so?

Because it IS defined in gender terms. This article is ignoring that. Again, its white women in a space white women dominate (teaching), and we ignore it for "the broader context." White women do contribute to racism in unique ways.

The point is that in a topic about an action dominated by white women in a space dominated by white women, we only talk about "white people." Why? Why miss the chance to have a larger conversation? Why do we ALWAYS miss the chance?

Do you think the white women participates in racism in particular ways or do you think people with that particular identification do it? Does that make sense? I'd like to hear your point of view on it.

So in a instance where predominately white women in a predominately white female space are doing something racist, this is only about "white people?" There was no opportunity to talk about something other than "white people" here?

Thank you for this. Everyone here seems to be missing the point despite my explicitly stating it: when white women in a space dominated by white women are being racist, we talk about "the broader context." Why? Why not talk about how specifically this is a problem?

Apparently we will continue to never talk about white women's contributions to racism, even in a piece where predominately white women in a predominately white female space are committing a racist act. We should only be satisfied with a discussion of the "broader context."

Pffft, everyone knows that straight-haired women cannot discuss sexism on television.

The first part of your post is dead on. For that, a star.

Of couse, I am a misogynist because I can recognize when white women refuse to talk about the ways they contribute to racism. In a post about predominately white women doing a racist thing in a space primarily dominated by women, we should only talk about the broader context. That makes perfect sense.

Now you pretend to ignore the last half of your post doesn't exist? You point out that there is one white guy in the photo and defend Erin's post doing ignoring this, which instead focuses on white people in general and not white women when it was a clear chance to talk about it. More deflecting.

That is just it though. When white women are shitty, we talk about "white people." When white men are, we are more than willing to talk about white men. Why don't we also talk about white women?

Nothing? Thousands of black women have been taking to twitter all summer long to talk about this. How we never talk about white women and racism. And that is nothing?

How are you not seeing the point? Black women on twitter have complained about this very thing all summer long, and yet you still don't believe that white women contribute to racism in their own specific ways?

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Your friend is glorious and she should definitely star commenting here. Now.

Only $1.25 million? I guess I don't see why $13k is a fair settlement for this.

I do have a point and you are ignoring it to #notallwhitewomen

On a practical level? Yes.