Here is a little thread on white women& #39;s fear. Nothing that hasn& #39;t been said before, but COVID has really made it clear just how much of white supremacy is maintained by white women& #39;s fear.
My Facebook feed has been a non-stop parade of white women& #39;s fear.
My Facebook feed has been a non-stop parade of white women& #39;s fear.
We talk a lot about how white women can weaponize our tears and cause injury and violence to racialized people, but more important is how white women seem to be afraid of .... everything .... and how social policy grows out of this constant and non-stop fear.
This fear drives policing. It drives the economy. It drives politics. White women& #39;s fears become society& #39;s collective fears and we divert from the real issues; the real fears that people should have.
What& #39;s so frustrating is that white women happily play this role while at the same time ignoring what is actually the greatest threat to us: violence from someone they know.
And now with COVID, the parent narrative really is driven by white parents (pods, complaints...)
And now with COVID, the parent narrative really is driven by white parents (pods, complaints...)