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In reply to the discussion: Ten Ways (not all!) White Liberals Perpetuate Racism [View all]scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)In fact, there was one DUer here who posted that very sentiment, almost word for word, this past summer when BLM showed up at Netroots Nation. This poster simply could not get over the fact that Sanders' speech had been interrupted - was in fact so emotionally upset by it that they refused to calm down or even attempt to listen to anyone who proposed that there might be a different way of perceiving that event - to view it as an opportunity for demonstrating genuine solidarity with the aims of BLM.
This poster would have none of it. They didn't need to be educated on racism, they didn't have a racist bone in their body, they had worked for years in inner city schools, they had done nothing but help black people. Their cri-du-coeur was basically, "After all I have done for those people!"
That person spent literally days in meltdown over the Netroots event, there was no moving them even a hair away from their sense of outraged injury. I gave up.
And that's exactly how it goes - we're all for "change" as long as it happens according to our timetable and our parameters and our white sensibilities. We certainly don't have any intention of giving up control over defining what the change should be and how it should be accomplished. Because we know best, right?