Thank you. I’ve been reading Champ’s work for years and there is no doubt that he is a talented writer. But I’ve watched him falling prostrate at the feet of his female readership with this whole nauseating brand of self-flagellating faux feminism and to me it diminishes him as a writer. And the phrase“performative…
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You put words to a feeling I haven’t been able to pinpoint. I keep seeing men say “don’t trust allies, not even me” and you’re spot on - they’re performing in some bizarre way that allows them to not be accountable and not give up any power. Thank you so much for this comment.
Holding your hand up and going my bad, not cool, is how we all get out of having to actually do anything. We acknowledged that things are bad and you want us to do something about that too!?!?!
I read an article like that on Jezebel the other day:
Compromise?
The problem is he and his fans tell us that we have no right to talk about the issues that directly impact us, because according to them, all of it boils down to fiscal inequality. News flash, paying people more money isn’t going to make racism and misogyny and homophobia, transphobia and all those other things…
You don’t understand how constantly being told that white working class is the only working class Bernie sees or prioritizes might turn POC off him? Or how we need to move past “identity” politics (all politics are identity politics) aka put aside civil rights and equality issues on the back burner for “free college”…
But he still feels entitled to come into a majority black space, and expects us to play by his rules and cater to his ego, while basically acknowledging that (a) he is probably a racist (b) “admonishing” us about how we are somehow responsible for his being a racist (c) demanding we spoon feed him knowledge on how to…
...this isn’t going to help your cause and if anything is turning me off to trying.
Do you not have Google on your computing device?
#8.5.1 “Looking for an excuse to quit.”
Okay, but up above you said: “With shit like this racism will exist forever and I no longer care.” So it just doesn’t really seem like you are all that committed to making any effort to end racism. So why should anyone invest any time in helping you figure out what to do?
Yeah, why can’t you guys solve racism for him?
Maybe just shut the fuck up and listen for awhile.
But white people don’t suck. White supremacy sucks. Saying, “white people sucks” allows you to act as though there’s nothing you can do.
I commend you for trying to play nicely with this guy, but he’s just looking to dump his emotional baggage all over you, and hoping you’ll alleviate his white guilt.
If you are a #2, then just stop doing that. That should be your takeaway from this article. See? The article was helpful after all.
For starters, don’t come into a Black-oriented forum and complain that the articles don’t speak directly to you.
#8.5: The “if you’re not talking directly to me and giving me specifically individualized instructions on not being a piece of shit, then you’re being counterproductive and I’m just going to keep being a racist (but I always was going to just keep being a racist anyway)“ guy.