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![saying: professionalpeachhunk:
[[This is Isaiah Hineās high school presentation on white fragility. Youāre not going to get a simpler explanation, in my opinion, so if youāre white you should really read this. Below are Isaiahās notes on each slide.]]
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What is White Fragility?
Robin DiAngelo is a professor at Westfield State University and author of What Does it Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy.
Iām sure youāve all seen these ādefensive movesā in action before. āI didnāt mean anything by itā āI wasnāt trying to be offensiveā āI have a black friendā āNot all white peopleā
People are often more worried about being called a racist than actually doing something racist. In America white people often donāt even have to consider race. They often think of themselves as āracelessā white is conditioned to be the norm and everyone else is considered āracedā or ācoloredā. White fragility allows white people to govern when and how race is discussed. White people expect to be educated on racism, and in a nice way.
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Why Is It A Bad Thing?
White people never learn as a result and are allowed to continue saying and doing racist things. White people prefer to hear these things from other white people but because other white people donāt know enough about racism, they cycle continues. When people of color do things like the BLACKLIVESMATTER movement, many white peoples responses were āall lives matterā this is white fragility. Proclaiming that black lives matter does not inherently mean that other lives donāt. This statement is made because society continually shows us that black lives donāt matter in america and these are the lives that need the affirming. We already know that white lives matter, it doesnāt need to be stated. White people are very used to being the center of things and when they arenāt it makes them uncomfortable.
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Why Does This Happen?
Most people donāt fully grasp the idea of systemic racism and that we live in a racist society that perpetuates racist ideas. We are socialized into white supremacy.](https://pics.conservativememes.com/professionalpeachhunk-this-is-isaiah-hineās-high-school-presentation-on-white-72508426.png)
![saying: wwwwyamd:
a-humble-waffle:
burn-brighter-than-fire:
oxfordcommaforever:
etanselian:
sexhaver:
the LAPD is having a town hall and getting fucking eviscerated
The automated YouTube captions are bad in places so here is a transcription of this incredible call.
[Video description: A Zoom call featuring a video grid of seven attendees, all of whom are members of the Los Angeles Police Commission. There is a timer in the upper left corner for callers keeping them to two minutes. The current caller is Jon Barr.]
LAPC President Eileen Decker, responding to the question ācan you hear me?ā: Yes, we can.
Barr: Great. Uh, first things first: Chief Moore, youāve got to do a better job of pretending you care about this, man. Iāve been watching you roll your eyes and offer halfhearted smirks acting like a teenager whoās falling asleep in detention. Are you not aware of the war crimes your departmentās doing, or are you just that impatient to go do more of them? I see a lot of you, particularly Soboroff, only react when folks use profanity in their remarks. If you think curse words are bad, wait until you hear about these 600-plus murders your department has committed over the last seven years! As long as Mooreās out here equating peaceful protestors with cops who murder black people, you all could pretend to be as angry about murder as the F-word, okay kids? I know youāre all having a rough day, what with everyone here telling you youāre bad at your jobs. Have you considered being good at your jobs? If not, you could find new jobs in retail or restaurants. I know how desperate Garcetti is to get Angelenos consuming again during a global pandemic. Where were the curfews then, by the way? Weird. Chief Moore is morally obligated to resign. Mikey, I know you said you didnāt mean protestors are as much to blame for George Floydās murder as his murderers ā thatās a lie! It is what you meant! And we all know it. Mikeyās made it clear in his racist actions and empty platitudes that he doesnāt care about the well-being of his constituents. He loves to tear gas them, blind them, force them indoors with curfews that are announced only a half-hour before they take effect, and racially profile as he does so! Donāt think I didnāt hear about how yesterday you sent out an alert in English saying curfew started at 5PM, and sent out an alert right after in Spanish saying it started at 6! Whatās up with that, bud? All your cute Zoom background photos of the city wonāt trick us into thinking you care about anyone but yourselves and whatās in your pockets. To close with a James Cameron quote, āCops think of all non-cops as less than they are: stupid, weak, and evil. They dehumanize the people they are sworn to protect, and desensitize themselves in order to do that job.ā Thatās you pigs to a T. Black lives matter, act like it. Happy Tuesday.
This one was amazing.
Iām also a big fan of this one- short and sweet
[Video description: Zoom call featuring a video grid of seven attendees, all of whom are members of the Los Angeles Police Commission. There is a timer in the upper left corner for callers set to 30 seconds. The current caller is Jeremy Frisch.]
Frisch: Hello can you hear me?
Woman: Hi, yes.
Frisch [getting progressively louder and angrier]: Black lives matter, defund the police. I find it disgusting that the LAPD is slaughtering peaceful protestors on the street. I had two friends go to the protest in Beverly Hills a couple days ago and the protest was peaceful until the police showed up with their excessive violent force, shooting rubber bullets and throwing tear gas.
[Frisch is now yelling]
Is this what you think is protecting and serving? Because I think itās bullshit! Fuck you Michael Moore! I refuse to call you an officer or a chief because you donāt deserve those titles. You are a disgrace! Suck my dick and choke on it! I yield my time. FUCK YOU!
Holy mother of FUCK they went off
Thank you, thank you thank you for transcribing this because I was in a position with my āneutralā family where I couldnāt listen. Thank you](https://pics.conservativememes.com/wwwwyamd-a-humble-waffle-burn-brighter-than-fire-oxfordcommaforever-etanselian-sexhaver-the-lapd-is-having-72578016.png)
![saying: the-strongest-decoy:
arcticfoxbear:
by-grace-of-god:
prolifeproliberty:
candiikismet:
gingersofficial:
Life path unlocked. Heās a scientist now.
If your dad is telling you in great detail about something heās passionate about, youāre going to be hooked even if you donāt understand a word.
He tells us moreā¦
So now I have to deliver a quiet lecture on the Standard Model every night. He loves lists of things, like all the streets home from daycare, or the train stations between here and Central, so he loves hearing the list of leptons and quarks and bosons.
Anyway, I made this poster for him, based on the CPEP ones we used to have at uni .Ā
Alas I ran out of room for antimatter, colour charge and confinement, but hey, maybe there can be a second poster later.
Itās funny though ā on the surface of it, it seems like it must be far too advanced for a 3yo. But when you think about it, quarks and leptons are no more or less real to him than, say, dinosaurs or planets, and he loves those too. And he recognises the letters on the particles.
I am absolutely overwhelmed by the kind and sweet things people are saying about this, thanks everyone ā¤ļø
Addendum: he has really grasped onto the āeverything is made of atomsā part of this, so tonight he listed just about every object he could think of and asked if it was made of atoms.
āAnd my bed?āYes, and your bed.āAnd that wall?āYep.āAnd the armchair?āYes, the armchair too.ā¦ā¦āAndā¦ the book case?āYā
āAnd my home?āYep, the whole apartment block.āAnd your home? Oh wait, your home is my home.āHaha, it is.ā¦ā¦āBut is it made of atoms?āYep.āAndā¦ [best friend]ās home?āYes, it is. And [other friend]ās home, and [third friend]ās home.
āIs [yet another friend]ās home?ā
Update from the other night:
āIs myā¦ isā¦ [extremely long pause] is my atoms poster made up of atoms?āāYes! Yes it is.
I have never heard such a contemplative silence. I think the next poster will have to be on the philosophy of referential language.
Update from this morning: after listing everything in sight (mummy? daddy? fridge? milk? cereal? table? etc.) he asks āis [baby sister] made up of atoms?ā
yep!
*runs over to her on the floor**puts face up real close to hers*āHI! YOUāRE MADE UP OF LOTS OF ATOMS! DID YOU KNOW?ā
@radioactivepeasant @themagdalenwriting @iusedtohaveanaccount
āHI! YOUāRE MADE UP OF LOTS OF ATOMS! DID YOU KNOW?ā](https://pics.conservativememes.com/the-strongest-decoy-arcticfoxbear-by-grace-of-god-prolifeproliberty-candiikismet-gingersofficial-life-path-unlocked-heās-72435713.png)
![saying: cheeseanonioncrisps:
roseverdict:
roseverdict:
jus-tea:
Daddyās at the food store, Mummyās out of town,
Sheās working at the hospital since Rhona came to town,
Hide away, hide away, Miss Rhonaās come to town,
Hide away, hide away, sheās come to take us down.
Miss Rhonaās at the doorstep, Iāll keep 6 feet away,
But Grandma needs the paper, Iāll take her some today,
Hide away, hide away, Miss Rhonaās come to stay,
Hide away, hide away, we canāt come out to play.
But Grandma needs the paper, Iāll take her some today,
And hereās a note from Rhona, she wanted me to say,
Hide away, hide away, keep 6 feet away,
Hide away, hide away, she took us down today.
[Image ID: Tumblr user @neanderthyall says in the notes, āI thought that 6 feet was kind of a double meaning. Like six feet away to stop the spread, but when people die theyāre six feet underground, and its six feet of the dirt that keeps you apart. Like āHide away, hide away, even though it hurts Hide away, hide away, or the six feet will be dirtā.ā End ID.]
HI DONāT LEAVE THIS IN THE NOTES THATāS ACTUALLY BRILLIANT
Itās not a proper creepy nursery rhyme until itās got an eery childrensā game attached to it though (think ring-a-round-the-roses or oranges and lemons).
One child shall be designated āMiss (Mr, Mx) Rhonaā and will have to cover their eyes (hide away). They then have to try to catch the other kidsā think Blind Manās Bluff. The children running away chant the rhyme, to make it easier for āRhonaā to find them.
Any child tagged becomes another āRhonaā and must also cover their eyes and join in the chase. The winner is the last child left uninfected.
Meanwhile all adults in the area must watch with a vague sense of unease, and whisper to each other ādo you know what thatās inspired by?ā](https://pics.conservativememes.com/cheeseanonioncrisps-roseverdict-roseverdict-jus-tea-daddyās-at-the-food-store-mummyās-72345685.png)
