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A firsthand account on the ways white women (even unconsciously) weaponise their perceived frailty: a thread
Context: this isnt meant to speak over the BLM movement. OP is a white australian. My dad is Italian and non-white-passing (doesn& #39;t play into this, but historically even just a generation ago & #39;W*gs vs Aussies& #39;
Racism was a very big issue. While Italians are the least opressed racial minority in Australia, occasionally caution must be exercised over old white bogan cops. Just wanted to bring this up because a lot of older white Australians still have this view over w*gs, especially
Lebanese people. Many white australians, my mother included, have the idea that they& #39;re & #39;raised different, or a different species& #39;, and weaponise the patriarchy or cultural treatment of men in these groups to lie to police and get these men falsely incarcerated. Many times my
And I& #39;ve only seen my dad cry like that when my Nonna passed away. The race of the cops doesn& #39;t matter. My dad& #39;s race- while I say was irrelevant to the story, could easily have made the situation worse. If he was Lebanese, the cops would come with a & #39;justified& #39; preconcieved
Around 2010, they separated briefly- but the police were constantly threatened or in some cases came to our house because of my mother. This thread is about these times, because I want other people to know how white women and the police can co-operate to cause unjust suffering
He knows how to deal with them, talk calmly and plainly, roll over your tummy if you& #39;ve done something wrong. Now here& #39;s the thing. The police could plainly fucking see that there& #39;s no bruise on my mum. At the time she had lifted the AVO bc & #39;he needed a lesson& #39;.
& #39;Not like the other ones& #39;. There& #39;s tricks and ways minorities have to defend themselves with, appear as the best version possible to lighten judgement. To cops it doesn& #39;t matter. To cops that could plainly see that my mum was the abuser, that my dad was innocent.
Because when a white woman sees you as a threat, to the police you are no longer a person.
You are an obstacle that needs to be removed to placate a Karen.
A blender that needs to be refunded.
#ACAB #BlackLivesMatter
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You are an obstacle that needs to be removed to placate a Karen.
A blender that needs to be refunded.
#ACAB #BlackLivesMatter
