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As far as the book ban (especially in schools)…
The education system is a SYSTEM and systems of oppression work similar to each other. The cycle:
1) Segregating. Separating oppressed communities’ art, narratives, people, voices, books and history to maintain white supremacy.
2) Silencing. Bury the true narrative to maintain white innocence.
3) Tokenizing. Bring in a manageable amount of people or versions of material from oppressed communities under the guise of diversity. #diversityclout
4) Over-policing. Over-policing oppressed communities to ensure that what has been removed does not resurface. #policebrutality
5) Conditioning. Publicly profess "separate but equal" but subtly send messages of white superiority. #whitesupremacy
6) White-washing. Pretend to support diverse narratives but spend the whole time doing "research" to create a more palatable version for white folks to consume.
7) Crediting. Palatable or white-washed versions get credit through attention, business loans, donations, scholarships, grants, and rewards.
8) Sourcing. Find oppressed people who will champion the white-washed version to give it credibility (i.e. usually celebrities or wealthy people.)
9) Reclaiming. Oppressed communities at large ban together temporarily, get mad and continue to resist. Black & Brown community gets labeled as "angry," "violent," "criminals."
10) Arguing. Argue that any alternative narrative in opposition to the white-washed version is FAKE NEWS. When the backlash becomes too challenging to navigate, become a troll to hide your identity.
11) Ignoring. Ignore or become willfully ignorant. Use faux words of affirmation like "be nice," "I don't see color," "my husband is Black," "can't we all just get along," “not all white people are like that.” As if simply being kind or marrying an oppressed spouse is the cure for oppression.
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aunttee66
Sooooo sadly true. Let’s keep fighting!!!
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lifeinthepinballmachine
This shit seriously blows my mind. Like it’s so blatant at this point it’s embarrassing. Thank you for sharing!
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(Contd.)
12) Saving. Enter white saviors (i.e. white people with good intentions) - create white savior organizations and nonprofits that target the oppression in different ways in search of a solution; usually doing more harm than good. Oppressed communities create organizations as well but struggle to receive funding; usually doing more harm than good. Oppressed communities create organizations as well but struggle to receive funding; usually do more good than harm.
13) Wealth hoarding. The white saviors and white-washed version creators become wealthy and argue that they gained wealth through creativity, hard work, and dedication.
14) Awakening: After the wealth is unequally distributed, white folks go and get themselves a few oppressed friends. There's a spike in wokeness. Woke culture becomes gentrified.
15) Gentrifying. Other white folks consume the palatable white-washed versions of information and start to become “comfortable” with the code-switched versions of oppressed people. Movement by white people into oppressed spaces increases. White folks get called out for white centering and white privilege. Discomfort and white tears are revealed. White innocence is disturbed then protected again.
16) Discovering. Other white folks begin to “discover” BIPOC culture and creativity and begin to capitalize off of it. The “woke” white folks secure grants and business loans to tell the narratives and expand on their “discoveries.” More white folks gentrify with good intentions but devastating impacts.
17) Culture shock. To avoid future culture shock, the white-washed versions are accepted as mainstream and soon become pop culture. Oppressed people become exhausted, depressed, and call out cultural appropriation. White people run to their Black friends for soothing words or a stern lecture. Meanwhile, white people generate generational wealth and notoriety for their “discoveries” for generations to come and supremacy is reinforced.
The cycle continues. So the work must continue too. Same cycle since Christopher Columbus didn’t discover anything. Let’s talk about it.
by @chakita.patterson
Picture quote RP: @carolinejsumlin
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As far as the book ban (especially in schools)…
The education system is a SYSTEM and systems of oppression work similar to each other. The cycle:
1) Segregating. Separating oppressed communities’ art, narratives, people, voices, books and history to maintain white supremacy.
2) Silencing. Bury the true narrative to maintain white innocence.
3) Tokenizing. Bring in a manageable amount of people or versions of material from oppressed communities under the guise of diversity. #diversityclout
4) Over-policing. Over-policing oppressed communities to ensure that what has been removed does not resurface. #policebrutality
5) Conditioning. Publicly profess "separate but equal" but subtly send messages of white superiority. #whitesupremacy
6) White-washing. Pretend to support diverse narratives but spend the whole time doing "research" to create a more palatable version for white folks to consume.
7) Crediting. Palatable or white-washed versions get credit through attention, business loans, donations, scholarships, grants, and rewards.
8) Sourcing. Find oppressed people who will champion the white-washed version to give it credibility (i.e. usually celebrities or wealthy people.)
9) Reclaiming. Oppressed communities at large ban together temporarily, get mad and continue to resist. Black & Brown community gets labeled as "angry," "violent," "criminals."
10) Arguing. Argue that any alternative narrative in opposition to the white-washed version is FAKE NEWS. When the backlash becomes too challenging to navigate, become a troll to hide your identity.
11) Ignoring. Ignore or become willfully ignorant. Use faux words of affirmation like "be nice," "I don't see color," "my husband is Black," "can't we all just get along," “not all white people are like that.” As if simply being kind or marrying an oppressed spouse is the cure for oppression.
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aunttee66
Sooooo sadly true. Let’s keep fighting!!!
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lifeinthepinballmachine
This shit seriously blows my mind. Like it’s so blatant at this point it’s embarrassing. Thank you for sharing!
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(Contd.)
12) Saving. Enter white saviors (i.e. white people with good intentions) - create white savior organizations and nonprofits that target the oppression in different ways in search of a solution; usually doing more harm than good. Oppressed communities create organizations as well but struggle to receive funding; usually doing more harm than good. Oppressed communities create organizations as well but struggle to receive funding; usually do more good than harm.
13) Wealth hoarding. The white saviors and white-washed version creators become wealthy and argue that they gained wealth through creativity, hard work, and dedication.
14) Awakening: After the wealth is unequally distributed, white folks go and get themselves a few oppressed friends. There's a spike in wokeness. Woke culture becomes gentrified.
15) Gentrifying. Other white folks consume the palatable white-washed versions of information and start to become “comfortable” with the code-switched versions of oppressed people. Movement by white people into oppressed spaces increases. White folks get called out for white centering and white privilege. Discomfort and white tears are revealed. White innocence is disturbed then protected again.
16) Discovering. Other white folks begin to “discover” BIPOC culture and creativity and begin to capitalize off of it. The “woke” white folks secure grants and business loans to tell the narratives and expand on their “discoveries.” More white folks gentrify with good intentions but devastating impacts.
17) Culture shock. To avoid future culture shock, the white-washed versions are accepted as mainstream and soon become pop culture. Oppressed people become exhausted, depressed, and call out cultural appropriation. White people run to their Black friends for soothing words or a stern lecture. Meanwhile, white people generate generational wealth and notoriety for their “discoveries” for generations to come and supremacy is reinforced.
The cycle continues. So the work must continue too. Same cycle since Christopher Columbus didn’t discover anything. Let’s talk about it.
by @chakita.patterson
Picture quote RP: @carolinejsumlin