For all the white people who say some of these folks “pretend to be racist for money,” please know that there is no such thing. The consequences of the behavior are real and the same, even if one were “pretending,” hence, there is no such thing as pretending.
@StillIRise1963
Kurt Vonnegut — 'We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.'.
If someone decided to pretend to be a racist, then they are, in fact, racist. QED. They're not "pretending to be racist for money", they're "spewing racist shit and make some money at the same time" 😑
@StillIRise1963
Right, no one cares what we truly feel in our heart of hearts, or whether we think we have a “racist bone” in our body somewhere (That one always puzzles me). They care about actual harms and consequences of what we say and do. The idea that racism is all about feelings is just a convenient dodge.
@skippy442 As a foundation for enslavement, rape, child kidnapping, violent abuse, mind fuckery, a refusal to let us participate in most sectors of the economy and murder, then yeah. @mcmullin
@StillIRise1963
Wait what?
I know we all know someone "pretending to be racist for money" is fucking racist. Someone saying someone is pretending to be racist for money is ALSO racist because they they think racism only exists in a pretend way for some incentive, and that their smart, kind friend isnt a "real" racist, not like the ones in the movies. They probably believe all racism is pretend.
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