Idk Doja’s chat room behavior reminds me of those Brother Nature tweets. A lot of young ppls online socialization veers towards performative ‘anti-woke’ ‘anti-PC’ shock trolling. Young Blk ppl who participate in this are usually under the misguided impression they are unaffected
In reality it’s just another act of assimilation. How random that all your anti-pc provocation ends up being the same status quo racism and bigotry that has permeated American society since its conception
There is a lot of young Blk ppl who take part in that act of being ‘unbothered’ by saying those things with their white peers. Because being offended by these things is an omission of weakness and we know how this country feels about weakness
So ultimately while they think they are being edgy and out of the box in reality they are just working hard to endear themselves to the dominant racial class by proving they’re impervious to racist commentary.
It’s sad but it’s not uncommon. Especially online
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