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Being cautious of white people is absolutely the right attitude. I have white skin, and too many times have I been talking to some white guy who I thought was fairly reasonable until they hit me with some
shit and assume I'll agree because I'm a straight-passing white guy.
I 100% don't blame anyone who's sus of me because of my skin
You hit the core of what
people often either can't or won't understand; it's about systems, not individuals.
and now that you bring it up i wonder how much liberal capitalitalist hyper individuality and meritocracy contributes to protecting whote supremacy.
Western society does seem specifically designed to slap down all thoughts of analyzing social systems.
This is a primary support system for white supremacy. From it spawns "I got mine, fuck you" and a number of other social poisons that maintains the white supremacist status quo.
When personal identity is perceived as something bought and worn like Twitter flair emojis, it makes being a disadvantaged person seem like a choice.
To quote /u/BeamBrain
If jexbear is remembered at all it will ne for this.
This is the way.
100% my same experience
I pass as white-ish (my ancestry is complicated) and Silicon Valley techbros often mistook me for someone that wanted to hear their "soft eugenics" arguments and the like.
It’s crazy just how true this is. And this is especially so when you’re a very generic NPC-looking white guy to boot. Nearly all chuds just assume if you look like them you think like them. It’s like, hey, you’re a white guy so you get tons of privilege, why would you ever want that to end?
Trying to recruit you to their party
If you're born into the category of straight-looking white dude then your entire life in 'polite' society is one long game of Secret Hitler
Charlie Chaplain looking around all nervous