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I’d love to expand on this with some theory.
privilege cannot exist without subjugation. so white privilege refers to the benefits and advantages white people receive on the basis of race that comes at the expense of other races. https://twitter.com/amandadeibert/status/1274178115711819781
privilege cannot exist without subjugation. so white privilege refers to the benefits and advantages white people receive on the basis of race that comes at the expense of other races. https://twitter.com/amandadeibert/status/1274178115711819781
The privilege is backed up by centuries of transnational white supremacy, which is foundational to our economy, laws, education, media, medicine, and cultures today.
Our current systems were made at the expense of BIPOC lives—and run as if our lives are disposable.
Our current systems were made at the expense of BIPOC lives—and run as if our lives are disposable.
white privilege isn’t about the color of someone’s skin.
it’s about the social construction of whiteness that was specifically created to benefit a few and while they harm native peoples around the world. And how that legacy continues today through social norms and practices.
it’s about the social construction of whiteness that was specifically created to benefit a few and while they harm native peoples around the world. And how that legacy continues today through social norms and practices.
white privilege doesn’t mean the human code says lack of melanin = easy life.
it means that society intentionally created that category to justify subjugation and oppression based on certain identities.
it means that society intentionally created that category to justify subjugation and oppression based on certain identities.
an example: people may get discriminated against for having purple hair bc it’s “unprofessional” — but that’s not the same as workplace discrimination based on a Black person’s natural hair.
why?
why?
there isn’t a history of oppression dedicated specifically to demonizing people with purple hair to justify their rape, murder, enslavement, and torture (incarceration is included in this).
there is a history of media telling Black people to be ashamed of their bodies and that they are inherently less professional and therefore must use harsh, life-threatening chemicals to straighten their hair and constantly treat it as the enemy.
discrimination against natural Black hair is connected to the transnational subjugation and control of Black people around the world, who have been deemed unworthy and unruly from birth.
The fact that Black folks had to fight in court for the right to wear their hair naturally is the subjugation counterpart to privilege based on race.
The privilege of not needing to wait for a system of rich white men to decide whether bosses can discriminate against your hair.
The privilege of not needing to wait for a system of rich white men to decide whether bosses can discriminate against your hair.
And that doesn't even go into all the other hurdles Black folks face to assert their legal rights.
