Nietzsche famously said that philosophers largely rationalize their own pathologies. Here, in White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo proves the rule by telling you how racist she is. The rest of us don't have to live in her pathologies or their rationalizations, though.
A few years ago, I hypothesized that a lot of the progressive "antiracist" warriors are actually white people who see race, then wonder if that makes them racist, then hate themselves, then go write angry blogs and Twitter posts about how bad racism is. DiAngelo vindicates me.
Well, well, well, Robin. Good Lord.
When the Woke tell you that they're racists, you should believe them. Unless you're really a racist too, their Theory might not apply to you, even if they're too busy considering themselves the white prototype to realize that.
I really can't even after that last example. Gotta take a break.
Reading this paper on "white talk" by Alison Bailey alongside White Fragility gives me the distinct impression that these women are just racists who people of color tend to see straight through and then who make it worse by trying to "fix" it with Social Justice Theory.
From Barbara Applebaum's Being White, Being Good, in which she (and another Theorist she's quoting) yet again explain that their experience as a white person leads them to believe all white people secretly agree that they're white supremacists. 🤔🤔🤔
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