We are all self-defensive creatures. It’s in our nature. And we undertake social self-defense in a variety of ways. One way, certainly, is self-flagellation; we buy White Fragility and won’t shut the fuck up about our own white privilege. But there are more direct means.
We have this basic combination at play in progressive spaces right now: it’s considered terribly problematic to ask others to justify or prove their racial identity; and it’s considered shameful to be white. The result is completely predictable. In academia, where the rewards are material and significant, we have perhaps a third <https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwlkduOhCAMhp9muBvDQTxccLE3-xqmQlWyggbquO7TL84k9JAW2j8fFgjnLV1m3zKx2w107WginnlFIkzsyJgG74yQUmtRc-YMb6VtR-bzMCXEAH41bD_G1Vsgv8X7tux1r1q2GKVEV7tWdG3ftVbbbuI9QFP6bkLV42cpHM5jtGi2uF7DDt6x1SxEe36or4f8Luc8zype5APmym6hVCSXogSu7_x2AWb48xFLahdM2w_iMxZJL3xCwFTkxSdElxCeOXhaqoXCyry5B_FGcMk5F3Ulqo7LUWLnVAu9Rs5d0_CaK4BeqKlR46PmYRZVPsZMYH9uPSyZTPjC0toh-t93rUAZSgxH9HQNGGFc0RlKBzL6IH_TG2aMmMpXuAHIiEYqpbW8TXzwFKCqrete1JqVpW4rr6Ip8F3B5nDcMP0D8I-XcQ> of those self-identifying as Native American who actually *are* Native American. I really don’t see how anyone could be surprised by this. This is the world we’ve made. If you make whiteness as undesirable a quality as we’re making it, the truly privileged will find ways to wriggle out from that status. Self-identification and the capaciousness of “multiracial” will do. Market solutions for market needs. On Friday, June 11, 2021, Michael Meeropol <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Comrades -- I have recently become acquainted with the ZINN EDUCATION > PROJECT --- together with Black Lives Matter and a number of other > organizations they are sponsoring in person actions tomorrow (Saturday) in > opposition to the chorus of attacks on "critical race theory," the 1619 > Project and (in at least one state) an explicit attack on the ZEP -- > > At this website: > https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/day-of-action-june-12/ > *one can see a list of the various state laws that are either being > proposed or already enacted (including one in Missouri explicitly targeting > the ZEP) as well as a list of actions planned for tomorrow.* > > *Some folks might want to be in touch with the ZEP folks. They have been > working in the tradition of Howard Zinn's masterful A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF > THE UNITED STATES --- They provide resources, workshops, etc. directly to > teachers to help them teach the truth about American history not the > "whitewashed" (double entendre intended!) version we get in textbooks (most > textbooks!!).* > > *And they are helping coordinate the actions tomorrow as well as reporting > on them in the following days and weeks.* > > *Solidarity, Mike* > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#9148): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/9148 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/83473550/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
