Whites pop off so easily & hard because we're not taught how to regulate our emotions. You either bottle them, use them strategically, or pretend. Our privilege also removes us from the many daily exposures non-white folks learn from.

Whites are cultured in emotional ignorance.

Every Karen you see, every Swastika mask wearing couple, every viral white moment is either the final shake that blew up that whitney's bottle or the first time they've genuinely encountered having to grapple emotionally with something. And you can typically tell which is which.

The woman calmly threatening a Black man with a horror movie villain smile was an expert in weaponizing her emotion.

The woman in the swastika mask? Not so much.

But they're both products of a system indoctrinating whites into civil emotionlessness. Different apples, same tree.

Love is the most problematic emotion for those benefiting from the system because genuine love breaks barriers. This is why "love" for such fictional things as one's country, one's flag, one's presidency, are so centralized to US whiteness. Every other love is then tied to those.

It's this reframing, this constant need for pleasant, propped up smiles that is the bedrock for the public accepting the horrific institutions people like Musk & Trump benefit from.

It all goes back to how whites socialize, police, & enforce emotional ignorance & misplacement.

The best & most immediate growth you'll have as a white person is learning how to be angry. How to love & be sad. How to navigate your own emotions.

The best avenue for change in yourself is your own emotional education.

You start with that?

You'll grow a lot real quickly.

If anyone has recommendations for literature or videos, please feel free to recommend them. I'm still in the process of learning myself.