This "anti-racist" flavor of racism drives me crazy.
For example, when I hear Nexans making jokes about how "white people can't dance," I want to pull my hair out. That's race science! Race science doesn't become anti-racist if it's used to insult white people! Even if we were to take the effect on white people out of the equation (which …
This "anti-racist" flavor of racism drives me crazy.
For example, when I hear Nexans making jokes about how "white people can't dance," I want to pull my hair out. That's race science! Race science doesn't become anti-racist if it's used to insult white people! Even if we were to take the effect on white people out of the equation (which I think is a mistake as I see shame as a factor that perpetuates this type of behavior), it's still homogenizing and essentializing the dancing ability of non-white people by contrast!
I guess if I were to dig into what I'm really feeling under this analysis though, I think I'm frustrated and sad because I don't know how to talk to my friends that make those kinds of jokes in a way that they'll hear me. I want our connections to feel more joyful and easeful and I get tense when I hear comments like that.
This "anti-racist" flavor of racism drives me crazy.
For example, when I hear Nexans making jokes about how "white people can't dance," I want to pull my hair out. That's race science! Race science doesn't become anti-racist if it's used to insult white people! Even if we were to take the effect on white people out of the equation (which I think is a mistake as I see shame as a factor that perpetuates this type of behavior), it's still homogenizing and essentializing the dancing ability of non-white people by contrast!
I guess if I were to dig into what I'm really feeling under this analysis though, I think I'm frustrated and sad because I don't know how to talk to my friends that make those kinds of jokes in a way that they'll hear me. I want our connections to feel more joyful and easeful and I get tense when I hear comments like that.