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In the same week that Jason Arday was bullied to death, we should think about the REAL victims of the Culture Wars, people like Bret Stephens /s

#JasonArday #BretStephens #WhiteFragility #WhiteMediocrity #Wokeness

In the same week that Jason Arday was bullied to death, we should think about the REAL victims of the Culture Wars, people like Bret Stephens /s

#JasonArday #BretStephens #WhiteFragility #WhiteMediocrity #Wokeness

In the same week that Jason Arday was bullied to death, we should think about the REAL victims of the Culture Wars, people like Bret Stephens /s

#JasonArday #BretStephens #WhiteFragility #WhiteMediocrity #Wokeness

In the same week that Jason Arday was bullied to death, we should think about the REAL victims of the Culture Wars, people like Bret Stephens /s

#JasonArday #BretStephens #WhiteFragility #WhiteMediocrity #Wokeness

In the same week that Jason Arday was bullied to death, we should think about the REAL victims of the Culture Wars, people like Bret Stephens /s

#JasonArday #BretStephens #WhiteFragility #WhiteMediocrity #Wokeness

Systemic Racism, Individual Responsibility: Why Black Positivity Triggers White Rage 

Last week, I wrote an article about the Black family—specifically the enduring institution of the Black family reunion. It was a celebration of culture, resilience, tradition, and community. It was not an indictment of white people, nor did it mention systemic racism or historical atrocities. It was simply a quiet, intentional affirmation of Black life. 

Yet, a predictable pattern struck again. 

In the comment section of the facebook post used to promote the article, a few readers lashed out with visceral, unprovoked hostility. One reader insisted I needed to “teach the Black family some good parenting skills” and asserted that “the only people holding back Black people from success are Black people.” All mind you without reading the article. All this from the promotional post. When I pushed back by listing foundational Black inventions that shaped modern American life, another reader jumped in with outright rage, claiming that Black people are “a race without any meaningful accomplishments” and that “Black Wall Street is a made-up lie… it was a dirt road average Black town.” 

Notice what happened there: I never brought up Black Wall Street. 

He did. Out of nowhere. Unprompted. 

That unprompted reaction reveals something critical. He didn’t bring up Tulsa because he was ignorant of it; he brought it up because he knew about it and actively chose to degrade it. He knew the history, felt threatened by its implications, and felt compelled to diminish a thriving, self-sustaining Black community to a “dirt road” to keep his own worldview intact. 

When we talk about systemic racism, people often run to one of two extremes: either blaming every white person individually, or treating “the system” as some abstract, faceless ghost that nobody is personally responsible for. 

The truth is far more uncomfortable. 

Systemic racism is structural. It refers to the policies, institutional designs, and historical inertia that yield disparate outcomes across race, regardless of individual intent. It is how a Black police officer, operating within a system built on specific historical incentives, can participate in institutional brutality. The design of the machine transcends the color of the person operating it. 

However, recognizing the power of the system does not exonerate the white individual. 

The white individual sitting behind a keyboard may not single-handedly draft laws, set bank lending policies, or draw redlined district maps. They do not uphold the entire structural apparatus of systemic racism on their own. But it is their personal attitude—the cruelty, the willful denial, and the hostility that surfaces the moment Black excellence is mentioned—that fuels the engine. 

The system is what denies my rights, but it is the individual that denies my peace. 

Why does the simple assertion of Black joy or historical achievement provoke such irrational hostility? Because for those who have anchored their identity in a rigid racial hierarchy, Black progress is viewed through a zero-sum lens. If Black people built Greenwood—a 35-square-block district with its own luxury hotels, modern hospitals, banks, and legal practices where dollars circulated for nearly a year—then the myth of absolute white superiority collapses. 

Rather than adjust their worldview to accommodate the facts of Black achievement, it is psychologically easier for them to declare those facts “bullshit,” “exaggerations,” or “lies.” Aggression becomes a defensive armor to avoid the discomfort of unlearning. 

This is precisely why platforms like My Two Cents exist. 

The goal of documenting our history, celebrating our cultural traditions, and highlighting our achievements has never been about seeking permission, begging for validation, or picking a fight with strangers in a comment section. It is about grounding ourselves in truth. 

When people invade a space dedicated to Black positivity and lash out with unprovoked anger, they are demonstrating the exact individual cruelty that keeps racism alive on a human level. You do not get to claim innocence while actively fanning the flames of contempt. You do not get to pretend a thriving community was a “dirt road” just to preserve your own racial comfort. 

Ultimately, that rage is a confession. It reveals a deep-seated fear that if the myth of Black inferiority completely shatters, the foundation of unearned privilege crumbles with it. 

We cannot control every system designed to limit us, nor can we stop every hostile comment on the internet. But we have absolute control over our narrative. We will continue to gather at the family reunion. We will continue to honor the legacy of Greenwood and the countless inventors, thinkers, and builders who shaped this nation. We will continue to speak our history plainly—not to convince those determined to hate us, but to ensure our community and our children never forget who we are. 

The system can keep its barriers, and the trolls can keep their rage. Our peace, our history, and our joy belong strictly to us. 

Systemic Racism, Individual Responsibility: Why Black Positivity Triggers White Rage 

Last week, I wrote an article about the Black family—specifically the enduring institution of the Black family reunion. It was a celebration of culture, resilience, tradition, and community. It was not an indictment of white people, nor did it mention systemic racism or historical atrocities. It was simply a quiet, intentional affirmation of Black life. 

Yet, a predictable pattern struck again. 

In the comment section of the facebook post used to promote the article, a few readers lashed out with visceral, unprovoked hostility. One reader insisted I needed to “teach the Black family some good parenting skills” and asserted that “the only people holding back Black people from success are Black people.” All mind you without reading the article. All this from the promotional post. When I pushed back by listing foundational Black inventions that shaped modern American life, another reader jumped in with outright rage, claiming that Black people are “a race without any meaningful accomplishments” and that “Black Wall Street is a made-up lie… it was a dirt road average Black town.” 

Notice what happened there: I never brought up Black Wall Street. 

He did. Out of nowhere. Unprompted. 

That unprompted reaction reveals something critical. He didn’t bring up Tulsa because he was ignorant of it; he brought it up because he knew about it and actively chose to degrade it. He knew the history, felt threatened by its implications, and felt compelled to diminish a thriving, self-sustaining Black community to a “dirt road” to keep his own worldview intact. 

When we talk about systemic racism, people often run to one of two extremes: either blaming every white person individually, or treating “the system” as some abstract, faceless ghost that nobody is personally responsible for. 

The truth is far more uncomfortable. 

Systemic racism is structural. It refers to the policies, institutional designs, and historical inertia that yield disparate outcomes across race, regardless of individual intent. It is how a Black police officer, operating within a system built on specific historical incentives, can participate in institutional brutality. The design of the machine transcends the color of the person operating it. 

However, recognizing the power of the system does not exonerate the white individual. 

The white individual sitting behind a keyboard may not single-handedly draft laws, set bank lending policies, or draw redlined district maps. They do not uphold the entire structural apparatus of systemic racism on their own. But it is their personal attitude—the cruelty, the willful denial, and the hostility that surfaces the moment Black excellence is mentioned—that fuels the engine. 

The system is what denies my rights, but it is the individual that denies my peace. 

Why does the simple assertion of Black joy or historical achievement provoke such irrational hostility? Because for those who have anchored their identity in a rigid racial hierarchy, Black progress is viewed through a zero-sum lens. If Black people built Greenwood—a 35-square-block district with its own luxury hotels, modern hospitals, banks, and legal practices where dollars circulated for nearly a year—then the myth of absolute white superiority collapses. 

Rather than adjust their worldview to accommodate the facts of Black achievement, it is psychologically easier for them to declare those facts “bullshit,” “exaggerations,” or “lies.” Aggression becomes a defensive armor to avoid the discomfort of unlearning. 

This is precisely why platforms like My Two Cents exist. 

The goal of documenting our history, celebrating our cultural traditions, and highlighting our achievements has never been about seeking permission, begging for validation, or picking a fight with strangers in a comment section. It is about grounding ourselves in truth. 

When people invade a space dedicated to Black positivity and lash out with unprovoked anger, they are demonstrating the exact individual cruelty that keeps racism alive on a human level. You do not get to claim innocence while actively fanning the flames of contempt. You do not get to pretend a thriving community was a “dirt road” just to preserve your own racial comfort. 

Ultimately, that rage is a confession. It reveals a deep-seated fear that if the myth of Black inferiority completely shatters, the foundation of unearned privilege crumbles with it. 

We cannot control every system designed to limit us, nor can we stop every hostile comment on the internet. But we have absolute control over our narrative. We will continue to gather at the family reunion. We will continue to honor the legacy of Greenwood and the countless inventors, thinkers, and builders who shaped this nation. We will continue to speak our history plainly—not to convince those determined to hate us, but to ensure our community and our children never forget who we are. 

The system can keep its barriers, and the trolls can keep their rage. Our peace, our history, and our joy belong strictly to us. 

Systemic Racism, Individual Responsibility: Why Black Positivity Triggers White Rage 

Last week, I wrote an article about the Black family—specifically the enduring institution of the Black family reunion. It was a celebration of culture, resilience, tradition, and community. It was not an indictment of white people, nor did it mention systemic racism or historical atrocities. It was simply a quiet, intentional affirmation of Black life. 

Yet, a predictable pattern struck again. 

In the comment section of the facebook post used to promote the article, a few readers lashed out with visceral, unprovoked hostility. One reader insisted I needed to “teach the Black family some good parenting skills” and asserted that “the only people holding back Black people from success are Black people.” All mind you without reading the article. All this from the promotional post. When I pushed back by listing foundational Black inventions that shaped modern American life, another reader jumped in with outright rage, claiming that Black people are “a race without any meaningful accomplishments” and that “Black Wall Street is a made-up lie… it was a dirt road average Black town.” 

Notice what happened there: I never brought up Black Wall Street. 

He did. Out of nowhere. Unprompted. 

That unprompted reaction reveals something critical. He didn’t bring up Tulsa because he was ignorant of it; he brought it up because he knew about it and actively chose to degrade it. He knew the history, felt threatened by its implications, and felt compelled to diminish a thriving, self-sustaining Black community to a “dirt road” to keep his own worldview intact. 

When we talk about systemic racism, people often run to one of two extremes: either blaming every white person individually, or treating “the system” as some abstract, faceless ghost that nobody is personally responsible for. 

The truth is far more uncomfortable. 

Systemic racism is structural. It refers to the policies, institutional designs, and historical inertia that yield disparate outcomes across race, regardless of individual intent. It is how a Black police officer, operating within a system built on specific historical incentives, can participate in institutional brutality. The design of the machine transcends the color of the person operating it. 

However, recognizing the power of the system does not exonerate the white individual. 

The white individual sitting behind a keyboard may not single-handedly draft laws, set bank lending policies, or draw redlined district maps. They do not uphold the entire structural apparatus of systemic racism on their own. But it is their personal attitude—the cruelty, the willful denial, and the hostility that surfaces the moment Black excellence is mentioned—that fuels the engine. 

The system is what denies my rights, but it is the individual that denies my peace. 

Why does the simple assertion of Black joy or historical achievement provoke such irrational hostility? Because for those who have anchored their identity in a rigid racial hierarchy, Black progress is viewed through a zero-sum lens. If Black people built Greenwood—a 35-square-block district with its own luxury hotels, modern hospitals, banks, and legal practices where dollars circulated for nearly a year—then the myth of absolute white superiority collapses. 

Rather than adjust their worldview to accommodate the facts of Black achievement, it is psychologically easier for them to declare those facts “bullshit,” “exaggerations,” or “lies.” Aggression becomes a defensive armor to avoid the discomfort of unlearning. 

This is precisely why platforms like My Two Cents exist. 

The goal of documenting our history, celebrating our cultural traditions, and highlighting our achievements has never been about seeking permission, begging for validation, or picking a fight with strangers in a comment section. It is about grounding ourselves in truth. 

When people invade a space dedicated to Black positivity and lash out with unprovoked anger, they are demonstrating the exact individual cruelty that keeps racism alive on a human level. You do not get to claim innocence while actively fanning the flames of contempt. You do not get to pretend a thriving community was a “dirt road” just to preserve your own racial comfort. 

Ultimately, that rage is a confession. It reveals a deep-seated fear that if the myth of Black inferiority completely shatters, the foundation of unearned privilege crumbles with it. 

We cannot control every system designed to limit us, nor can we stop every hostile comment on the internet. But we have absolute control over our narrative. We will continue to gather at the family reunion. We will continue to honor the legacy of Greenwood and the countless inventors, thinkers, and builders who shaped this nation. We will continue to speak our history plainly—not to convince those determined to hate us, but to ensure our community and our children never forget who we are. 

The system can keep its barriers, and the trolls can keep their rage. Our peace, our history, and our joy belong strictly to us. 

Systemic Racism, Individual Responsibility: Why Black Positivity Triggers White Rage 

Last week, I wrote an article about the Black family—specifically the enduring institution of the Black family reunion. It was a celebration of culture, resilience, tradition, and community. It was not an indictment of white people, nor did it mention systemic racism or historical atrocities. It was simply a quiet, intentional affirmation of Black life. 

Yet, a predictable pattern struck again. 

In the comment section of the facebook post used to promote the article, a few readers lashed out with visceral, unprovoked hostility. One reader insisted I needed to “teach the Black family some good parenting skills” and asserted that “the only people holding back Black people from success are Black people.” All mind you without reading the article. All this from the promotional post. When I pushed back by listing foundational Black inventions that shaped modern American life, another reader jumped in with outright rage, claiming that Black people are “a race without any meaningful accomplishments” and that “Black Wall Street is a made-up lie… it was a dirt road average Black town.” 

Notice what happened there: I never brought up Black Wall Street. 

He did. Out of nowhere. Unprompted. 

That unprompted reaction reveals something critical. He didn’t bring up Tulsa because he was ignorant of it; he brought it up because he knew about it and actively chose to degrade it. He knew the history, felt threatened by its implications, and felt compelled to diminish a thriving, self-sustaining Black community to a “dirt road” to keep his own worldview intact. 

When we talk about systemic racism, people often run to one of two extremes: either blaming every white person individually, or treating “the system” as some abstract, faceless ghost that nobody is personally responsible for. 

The truth is far more uncomfortable. 

Systemic racism is structural. It refers to the policies, institutional designs, and historical inertia that yield disparate outcomes across race, regardless of individual intent. It is how a Black police officer, operating within a system built on specific historical incentives, can participate in institutional brutality. The design of the machine transcends the color of the person operating it. 

However, recognizing the power of the system does not exonerate the white individual. 

The white individual sitting behind a keyboard may not single-handedly draft laws, set bank lending policies, or draw redlined district maps. They do not uphold the entire structural apparatus of systemic racism on their own. But it is their personal attitude—the cruelty, the willful denial, and the hostility that surfaces the moment Black excellence is mentioned—that fuels the engine. 

The system is what denies my rights, but it is the individual that denies my peace. 

Why does the simple assertion of Black joy or historical achievement provoke such irrational hostility? Because for those who have anchored their identity in a rigid racial hierarchy, Black progress is viewed through a zero-sum lens. If Black people built Greenwood—a 35-square-block district with its own luxury hotels, modern hospitals, banks, and legal practices where dollars circulated for nearly a year—then the myth of absolute white superiority collapses. 

Rather than adjust their worldview to accommodate the facts of Black achievement, it is psychologically easier for them to declare those facts “bullshit,” “exaggerations,” or “lies.” Aggression becomes a defensive armor to avoid the discomfort of unlearning. 

This is precisely why platforms like My Two Cents exist. 

The goal of documenting our history, celebrating our cultural traditions, and highlighting our achievements has never been about seeking permission, begging for validation, or picking a fight with strangers in a comment section. It is about grounding ourselves in truth. 

When people invade a space dedicated to Black positivity and lash out with unprovoked anger, they are demonstrating the exact individual cruelty that keeps racism alive on a human level. You do not get to claim innocence while actively fanning the flames of contempt. You do not get to pretend a thriving community was a “dirt road” just to preserve your own racial comfort. 

Ultimately, that rage is a confession. It reveals a deep-seated fear that if the myth of Black inferiority completely shatters, the foundation of unearned privilege crumbles with it. 

We cannot control every system designed to limit us, nor can we stop every hostile comment on the internet. But we have absolute control over our narrative. We will continue to gather at the family reunion. We will continue to honor the legacy of Greenwood and the countless inventors, thinkers, and builders who shaped this nation. We will continue to speak our history plainly—not to convince those determined to hate us, but to ensure our community and our children never forget who we are. 

The system can keep its barriers, and the trolls can keep their rage. Our peace, our history, and our joy belong strictly to us. 

Systemic Racism, Individual Responsibility: Why Black Positivity Triggers White Rage 

Last week, I wrote an article about the Black family—specifically the enduring institution of the Black family reunion. It was a celebration of culture, resilience, tradition, and community. It was not an indictment of white people, nor did it mention systemic racism or historical atrocities. It was simply a quiet, intentional affirmation of Black life. 

Yet, a predictable pattern struck again. 

In the comment section of the facebook post used to promote the article, a few readers lashed out with visceral, unprovoked hostility. One reader insisted I needed to “teach the Black family some good parenting skills” and asserted that “the only people holding back Black people from success are Black people.” All mind you without reading the article. All this from the promotional post. When I pushed back by listing foundational Black inventions that shaped modern American life, another reader jumped in with outright rage, claiming that Black people are “a race without any meaningful accomplishments” and that “Black Wall Street is a made-up lie… it was a dirt road average Black town.” 

Notice what happened there: I never brought up Black Wall Street. 

He did. Out of nowhere. Unprompted. 

That unprompted reaction reveals something critical. He didn’t bring up Tulsa because he was ignorant of it; he brought it up because he knew about it and actively chose to degrade it. He knew the history, felt threatened by its implications, and felt compelled to diminish a thriving, self-sustaining Black community to a “dirt road” to keep his own worldview intact. 

When we talk about systemic racism, people often run to one of two extremes: either blaming every white person individually, or treating “the system” as some abstract, faceless ghost that nobody is personally responsible for. 

The truth is far more uncomfortable. 

Systemic racism is structural. It refers to the policies, institutional designs, and historical inertia that yield disparate outcomes across race, regardless of individual intent. It is how a Black police officer, operating within a system built on specific historical incentives, can participate in institutional brutality. The design of the machine transcends the color of the person operating it. 

However, recognizing the power of the system does not exonerate the white individual. 

The white individual sitting behind a keyboard may not single-handedly draft laws, set bank lending policies, or draw redlined district maps. They do not uphold the entire structural apparatus of systemic racism on their own. But it is their personal attitude—the cruelty, the willful denial, and the hostility that surfaces the moment Black excellence is mentioned—that fuels the engine. 

The system is what denies my rights, but it is the individual that denies my peace. 

Why does the simple assertion of Black joy or historical achievement provoke such irrational hostility? Because for those who have anchored their identity in a rigid racial hierarchy, Black progress is viewed through a zero-sum lens. If Black people built Greenwood—a 35-square-block district with its own luxury hotels, modern hospitals, banks, and legal practices where dollars circulated for nearly a year—then the myth of absolute white superiority collapses. 

Rather than adjust their worldview to accommodate the facts of Black achievement, it is psychologically easier for them to declare those facts “bullshit,” “exaggerations,” or “lies.” Aggression becomes a defensive armor to avoid the discomfort of unlearning. 

This is precisely why platforms like My Two Cents exist. 

The goal of documenting our history, celebrating our cultural traditions, and highlighting our achievements has never been about seeking permission, begging for validation, or picking a fight with strangers in a comment section. It is about grounding ourselves in truth. 

When people invade a space dedicated to Black positivity and lash out with unprovoked anger, they are demonstrating the exact individual cruelty that keeps racism alive on a human level. You do not get to claim innocence while actively fanning the flames of contempt. You do not get to pretend a thriving community was a “dirt road” just to preserve your own racial comfort. 

Ultimately, that rage is a confession. It reveals a deep-seated fear that if the myth of Black inferiority completely shatters, the foundation of unearned privilege crumbles with it. 

We cannot control every system designed to limit us, nor can we stop every hostile comment on the internet. But we have absolute control over our narrative. We will continue to gather at the family reunion. We will continue to honor the legacy of Greenwood and the countless inventors, thinkers, and builders who shaped this nation. We will continue to speak our history plainly—not to convince those determined to hate us, but to ensure our community and our children never forget who we are. 

The system can keep its barriers, and the trolls can keep their rage. Our peace, our history, and our joy belong strictly to us. 

Canadian National Railway abandoned three freight trains carrying “combustible and flammable materials” near a First Nations community.

“OPP disclosed shortly before 5:00 pm Tuesday that three trains carrying combustible and flammable materials were stopped and staged near… Collins First Nation”.

https://www.snnewswatch.com/local-news/freight-trains-hauling-combustible-products-stopped-by-wildfire-12548257

#whiteFragility #Canada #Ontario #wildfire #wildfires

Canadian National Railway abandoned three freight trains carrying “combustible and flammable materials” near a First Nations community.

“OPP disclosed shortly before 5:00 pm Tuesday that three trains carrying combustible and flammable materials were stopped and staged near… Collins First Nation”.

https://www.snnewswatch.com/local-news/freight-trains-hauling-combustible-products-stopped-by-wildfire-12548257

#whiteFragility #Canada #Ontario #wildfire #wildfires

Canadian National Railway abandoned three freight trains carrying “combustible and flammable materials” near a First Nations community.

“OPP disclosed shortly before 5:00 pm Tuesday that three trains carrying combustible and flammable materials were stopped and staged near… Collins First Nation”.

https://www.snnewswatch.com/local-news/freight-trains-hauling-combustible-products-stopped-by-wildfire-12548257

#whiteFragility #Canada #Ontario #wildfire #wildfires

Canadian National Railway abandoned three freight trains carrying “combustible and flammable materials” near a First Nations community.

“OPP disclosed shortly before 5:00 pm Tuesday that three trains carrying combustible and flammable materials were stopped and staged near… Collins First Nation”.

https://www.snnewswatch.com/local-news/freight-trains-hauling-combustible-products-stopped-by-wildfire-12548257

#whiteFragility #Canada #Ontario #wildfire #wildfires

Canadian National Railway abandoned three freight trains carrying “combustible and flammable materials” near a First Nations community.

“OPP disclosed shortly before 5:00 pm Tuesday that three trains carrying combustible and flammable materials were stopped and staged near… Collins First Nation”.

https://www.snnewswatch.com/local-news/freight-trains-hauling-combustible-products-stopped-by-wildfire-12548257

#whiteFragility #Canada #Ontario #wildfire #wildfires

#Churchill was the Prime Minister when the British caused a famine in Iran during WWII by forcibly requisitioning stores of grain there.

Churchill was also the Prime Minister when India exported food ignoring a famine in Bengal during WWII. But 50 peers organized "a row": https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/23/artwork-removed-national-portrait-gallery-helen-cammock-churchill-bengal-famine

#whiteFragility #London #India #Bangladesh #BritishEmpire #famine #Cromwell #history #HouseOfLords #WWII #UK

#Churchill was the Prime Minister when the British caused a famine in Iran during WWII by forcibly requisitioning stores of grain there.

Churchill was also the Prime Minister when India exported food ignoring a famine in Bengal during WWII. But 50 peers organized "a row": https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/23/artwork-removed-national-portrait-gallery-helen-cammock-churchill-bengal-famine

#whiteFragility #London #India #Bangladesh #BritishEmpire #famine #Cromwell #history #HouseOfLords #WWII #UK

#Churchill was the Prime Minister when the British caused a famine in Iran during WWII by forcibly requisitioning stores of grain there.

Churchill was also the Prime Minister when India exported food ignoring a famine in Bengal during WWII. But 50 peers organized "a row": https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/23/artwork-removed-national-portrait-gallery-helen-cammock-churchill-bengal-famine

#whiteFragility #London #India #Bangladesh #BritishEmpire #famine #Cromwell #history #HouseOfLords #WWII #UK

#Churchill was the Prime Minister when the British caused a famine in Iran during WWII by forcibly requisitioning stores of grain there.

Churchill was also the Prime Minister when India exported food ignoring a famine in Bengal during WWII. But 50 peers organized "a row": https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/23/artwork-removed-national-portrait-gallery-helen-cammock-churchill-bengal-famine

#whiteFragility #London #India #Bangladesh #BritishEmpire #famine #Cromwell #history #HouseOfLords #WWII #UK

#Churchill was the Prime Minister when the British caused a famine in Iran during WWII by forcibly requisitioning stores of grain there.

Churchill was also the Prime Minister when India exported food ignoring a famine in Bengal during WWII. But 50 peers organized "a row": https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/23/artwork-removed-national-portrait-gallery-helen-cammock-churchill-bengal-famine

#whiteFragility #London #India #Bangladesh #BritishEmpire #famine #Cromwell #history #HouseOfLords #WWII #UK

How cultural institutions subtly silence and exclude writers, in the guise of concern or responsibility, to censor and “reshape[s] what other writers feel able to say, and what audiences are permitted to hear”.

Natasha Joyce, "Empty Words, Emptying Stages": https://www.lantana.net.au/words/empty-words-emptying-stages

#fragility #whiteFragility #culturalSafety #intersectionality #institutionsDeceive #coloniality #beliefs #censorship #conflation #nationalism #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #racism #IHRA #Australia #institutions #organizations

How cultural institutions subtly silence and exclude writers, in the guise of concern or responsibility, to censor and “reshape[s] what other writers feel able to say, and what audiences are permitted to hear”.

Natasha Joyce, "Empty Words, Emptying Stages": https://www.lantana.net.au/words/empty-words-emptying-stages

#fragility #whiteFragility #culturalSafety #intersectionality #institutionsDeceive #coloniality #beliefs #censorship #conflation #nationalism #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #racism #IHRA #Australia #institutions #organizations

How cultural institutions subtly silence and exclude writers, in the guise of concern or responsibility, to censor and “reshape[s] what other writers feel able to say, and what audiences are permitted to hear”.

Natasha Joyce, "Empty Words, Emptying Stages": https://www.lantana.net.au/words/empty-words-emptying-stages

#fragility #whiteFragility #culturalSafety #intersectionality #institutionsDeceive #coloniality #beliefs #censorship #conflation #nationalism #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #racism #IHRA #Australia #institutions #organizations

How cultural institutions subtly silence and exclude writers, in the guise of concern or responsibility, to censor and “reshape[s] what other writers feel able to say, and what audiences are permitted to hear”.

Natasha Joyce, "Empty Words, Emptying Stages": https://www.lantana.net.au/words/empty-words-emptying-stages

#fragility #whiteFragility #culturalSafety #intersectionality #institutionsDeceive #coloniality #beliefs #censorship #conflation #nationalism #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #racism #IHRA #Australia #institutions #organizations

How cultural institutions subtly silence and exclude writers, in the guise of concern or responsibility, to censor and “reshape[s] what other writers feel able to say, and what audiences are permitted to hear”.

Natasha Joyce, "Empty Words, Emptying Stages": https://www.lantana.net.au/words/empty-words-emptying-stages

#fragility #whiteFragility #culturalSafety #intersectionality #institutionsDeceive #coloniality #beliefs #censorship #conflation #nationalism #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #racism #IHRA #Australia #institutions #organizations

Another one for the #whiteFragility category! https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/05/22/outrage-over-northland-tales-program-hypocritical?briefing_id=602309756&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9cvcRK9IwzNsH4b3BwSvspdBG8i--fAByuiNyCugqa2Dds7thhqpYsqfi7DDZk-vVCL6KnO_IRMoDX_iiGRadM77OSCQ&_hsmi=16085228

#satire #IndigenousPeople #PoliceViolence #ResidentialSchoolDenialism #Colonialism #Canada

Another one for the #whiteFragility category! https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/05/22/outrage-over-northland-tales-program-hypocritical?briefing_id=602309756&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9cvcRK9IwzNsH4b3BwSvspdBG8i--fAByuiNyCugqa2Dds7thhqpYsqfi7DDZk-vVCL6KnO_IRMoDX_iiGRadM77OSCQ&_hsmi=16085228

#satire #IndigenousPeople #PoliceViolence #ResidentialSchoolDenialism #Colonialism #Canada

Another one for the #whiteFragility category! https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/05/22/outrage-over-northland-tales-program-hypocritical?briefing_id=602309756&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9cvcRK9IwzNsH4b3BwSvspdBG8i--fAByuiNyCugqa2Dds7thhqpYsqfi7DDZk-vVCL6KnO_IRMoDX_iiGRadM77OSCQ&_hsmi=16085228

#satire #IndigenousPeople #PoliceViolence #ResidentialSchoolDenialism #Colonialism #Canada

Another one for the #whiteFragility category! https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/05/22/outrage-over-northland-tales-program-hypocritical?briefing_id=602309756&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9cvcRK9IwzNsH4b3BwSvspdBG8i--fAByuiNyCugqa2Dds7thhqpYsqfi7DDZk-vVCL6KnO_IRMoDX_iiGRadM77OSCQ&_hsmi=16085228

#satire #IndigenousPeople #PoliceViolence #ResidentialSchoolDenialism #Colonialism #Canada

Another one for the #whiteFragility category! https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/05/22/outrage-over-northland-tales-program-hypocritical?briefing_id=602309756&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9cvcRK9IwzNsH4b3BwSvspdBG8i--fAByuiNyCugqa2Dds7thhqpYsqfi7DDZk-vVCL6KnO_IRMoDX_iiGRadM77OSCQ&_hsmi=16085228

#satire #IndigenousPeople #PoliceViolence #ResidentialSchoolDenialism #Colonialism #Canada

When the murderer of an #Indigenous person is characterized as the victim, this #Conservative's rant clearly falls into the #whiteFragility or #whiteSupremacist category. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2026/05/21/manitoba-politician-calls-saskatchewan-farmer-who-killed-colten-boushie-a-victim?briefing_id=602309756&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9w5w9Kfqqz0qvY74sAiLt3u-mT_nsBt00NaiWvgiULxr3O3OFmWQaZ2hltFg9HcUJY67vTFyeTXZZXNiadyA6EGYdf7w&_hsmi=16085228
#mbpoli #racism #ColonialViolence #SettlerColonialism

When the murderer of an #Indigenous person is characterized as the victim, this #Conservative's rant clearly falls into the #whiteFragility or #whiteSupremacist category. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2026/05/21/manitoba-politician-calls-saskatchewan-farmer-who-killed-colten-boushie-a-victim?briefing_id=602309756&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9w5w9Kfqqz0qvY74sAiLt3u-mT_nsBt00NaiWvgiULxr3O3OFmWQaZ2hltFg9HcUJY67vTFyeTXZZXNiadyA6EGYdf7w&_hsmi=16085228
#mbpoli #racism #ColonialViolence #SettlerColonialism

When the murderer of an #Indigenous person is characterized as the victim, this #Conservative's rant clearly falls into the #whiteFragility or #whiteSupremacist category. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2026/05/21/manitoba-politician-calls-saskatchewan-farmer-who-killed-colten-boushie-a-victim?briefing_id=602309756&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9w5w9Kfqqz0qvY74sAiLt3u-mT_nsBt00NaiWvgiULxr3O3OFmWQaZ2hltFg9HcUJY67vTFyeTXZZXNiadyA6EGYdf7w&_hsmi=16085228
#mbpoli #racism #ColonialViolence #SettlerColonialism

When the murderer of an #Indigenous person is characterized as the victim, this #Conservative's rant clearly falls into the #whiteFragility or #whiteSupremacist category. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2026/05/21/manitoba-politician-calls-saskatchewan-farmer-who-killed-colten-boushie-a-victim?briefing_id=602309756&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9w5w9Kfqqz0qvY74sAiLt3u-mT_nsBt00NaiWvgiULxr3O3OFmWQaZ2hltFg9HcUJY67vTFyeTXZZXNiadyA6EGYdf7w&_hsmi=16085228
#mbpoli #racism #ColonialViolence #SettlerColonialism

When the murderer of an #Indigenous person is characterized as the victim, this #Conservative's rant clearly falls into the #whiteFragility or #whiteSupremacist category. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2026/05/21/manitoba-politician-calls-saskatchewan-farmer-who-killed-colten-boushie-a-victim?briefing_id=602309756&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9w5w9Kfqqz0qvY74sAiLt3u-mT_nsBt00NaiWvgiULxr3O3OFmWQaZ2hltFg9HcUJY67vTFyeTXZZXNiadyA6EGYdf7w&_hsmi=16085228
#mbpoli #racism #ColonialViolence #SettlerColonialism

White Fragility erschwert Gespräche über Rassismus: Statt Austausch entstehen Abwehr, Relativierung und Unsicherheit. So bleibt struktureller Rassismus unsichtbar. Warum das passiert und wie sich diese Dynamiken durchbrechen lassen.

#whitefragility #Rassismus #belltowernews

White Fragility: Warum es so schwer ist, über Rassismus zu reden
https://www.belltower.news/white-fragility-warum-es-so-schwer-ist-ueber-rassismus-zu-reden-165727/null

White Fragility erschwert Gespräche über Rassismus: Statt Austausch entstehen Abwehr, Relativierung und Unsicherheit. So bleibt struktureller Rassismus unsichtbar. Warum das passiert und wie sich diese Dynamiken durchbrechen lassen.

#whitefragility #Rassismus #belltowernews

White Fragility: Warum es so schwer ist, über Rassismus zu reden
https://www.belltower.news/white-fragility-warum-es-so-schwer-ist-ueber-rassismus-zu-reden-165727/null

White Fragility erschwert Gespräche über Rassismus: Statt Austausch entstehen Abwehr, Relativierung und Unsicherheit. So bleibt struktureller Rassismus unsichtbar. Warum das passiert und wie sich diese Dynamiken durchbrechen lassen.

#whitefragility #Rassismus #belltowernews

White Fragility: Warum es so schwer ist, über Rassismus zu reden
https://www.belltower.news/white-fragility-warum-es-so-schwer-ist-ueber-rassismus-zu-reden-165727/null

@iraiah8, Black Royalty, wrote:

My dad is 85.
He grew up in the Jim Crow South. This isn’t distant history. it’s his memory.

He told me a story:

(1/5)

#blackhistory #whitehistory #blackwomen #92percent #misogynoir #segregation #whitefragility #blackmastodon

@iraiah8, Black Royalty, wrote:

My dad is 85.
He grew up in the Jim Crow South. This isn’t distant history. it’s his memory.

He told me a story:

(1/5)

#blackhistory #whitehistory #blackwomen #92percent #misogynoir #segregation #whitefragility #blackmastodon

@iraiah8, Black Royalty, wrote:

My dad is 85.
He grew up in the Jim Crow South. This isn’t distant history. it’s his memory.

He told me a story:

(1/5)

#blackhistory #whitehistory #blackwomen #92percent #misogynoir #segregation #whitefragility #blackmastodon

@iraiah8, Black Royalty, wrote:

My dad is 85.
He grew up in the Jim Crow South. This isn’t distant history. it’s his memory.

He told me a story:

(1/5)

#blackhistory #whitehistory #blackwomen #92percent #misogynoir #segregation #whitefragility #blackmastodon

@iraiah8, Black Royalty, wrote:

My dad is 85.
He grew up in the Jim Crow South. This isn’t distant history. it’s his memory.

He told me a story:

(1/5)

#blackhistory #whitehistory #blackwomen #92percent #misogynoir #segregation #whitefragility #blackmastodon

Shrinking S02E11

A Sister Gaby immediately calls out a white woman Liz when she repeats what Gaby expressed in Ebonics.

Liz immediately stops without white fragility.

#tv #blackactors #blackconsciousness #blackwomen #92percent #whitewomen #karen #whitefragility #blackpower #blackmastodon

Shrinking S02E11

A Sister Gaby immediately calls out a white woman Liz when she repeats what Gaby expressed in Ebonics.

Liz immediately stops without white fragility.

#tv #blackactors #blackconsciousness #blackwomen #92percent #whitewomen #karen #whitefragility #blackpower #blackmastodon

Shrinking S02E11

A Sister Gaby immediately calls out a white woman Liz when she repeats what Gaby expressed in Ebonics.

Liz immediately stops without white fragility.

#tv #blackactors #blackconsciousness #blackwomen #92percent #whitewomen #karen #whitefragility #blackpower #blackmastodon

Shrinking S02E11

A Sister Gaby immediately calls out a white woman Liz when she repeats what Gaby expressed in Ebonics.

Liz immediately stops without white fragility.

#tv #blackactors #blackconsciousness #blackwomen #92percent #whitewomen #karen #whitefragility #blackpower #blackmastodon

Shrinking S02E11

A Sister Gaby immediately calls out a white woman Liz when she repeats what Gaby expressed in Ebonics.

Liz immediately stops without white fragility.

#tv #blackactors #blackconsciousness #blackwomen #92percent #whitewomen #karen #whitefragility #blackpower #blackmastodon

Sage. (AI Generated Image) #sage #sageadvice #wise #wiseadvice #saying #oldsaying #bigotry #endbigotry #homophobia #endhomophobia #racism #endracism #sexism #endsexism #evil #xenophobia #hatred #humanity #problems #prejudice #obstinate #unreasonable #humansuffering #pride #whitefragility #malefragility #straightmalefragility

Sage. (AI Generated Image) #sage #sageadvice #wise #wiseadvice #saying #oldsaying #bigotry #endbigotry #homophobia #endhomophobia #racism #endracism #sexism #endsexism #evil #xenophobia #hatred #humanity #problems #prejudice #obstinate #unreasonable #humansuffering #pride #whitefragility #malefragility #straightmalefragility

Sage. (AI Generated Image) #sage #sageadvice #wise #wiseadvice #saying #oldsaying #bigotry #endbigotry #homophobia #endhomophobia #racism #endracism #sexism #endsexism #evil #xenophobia #hatred #humanity #problems #prejudice #obstinate #unreasonable #humansuffering #pride #whitefragility #malefragility #straightmalefragility

Sage. (AI Generated Image) #sage #sageadvice #wise #wiseadvice #saying #oldsaying #bigotry #endbigotry #homophobia #endhomophobia #racism #endracism #sexism #endsexism #evil #xenophobia #hatred #humanity #problems #prejudice #obstinate #unreasonable #humansuffering #pride #whitefragility #malefragility #straightmalefragility

Sage. (AI Generated Image) #sage #sageadvice #wise #wiseadvice #saying #oldsaying #bigotry #endbigotry #homophobia #endhomophobia #racism #endracism #sexism #endsexism #evil #xenophobia #hatred #humanity #problems #prejudice #obstinate #unreasonable #humansuffering #pride #whitefragility #malefragility #straightmalefragility

Barbie wishes you a Happy and Well-Informed Black History Month. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #blackhistoryamericanhistory #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory #barbie #barbies #fashiondolls #fashiondoll #History #historymatters #historyfacts #whitefragility #racerelations #equality #equalitymatters #reading #wellread

Barbie wishes you a Happy and Well-Informed Black History Month. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #blackhistoryamericanhistory #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory #barbie #barbies #fashiondolls #fashiondoll #History #historymatters #historyfacts #whitefragility #racerelations #equality #equalitymatters #reading #wellread

Barbie wishes you a Happy and Well-Informed Black History Month. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #blackhistoryamericanhistory #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory #barbie #barbies #fashiondolls #fashiondoll #History #historymatters #historyfacts #whitefragility #racerelations #equality #equalitymatters #reading #wellread

Barbie wishes you a Happy and Well-Informed Black History Month. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #blackhistoryamericanhistory #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory #barbie #barbies #fashiondolls #fashiondoll #History #historymatters #historyfacts #whitefragility #racerelations #equality #equalitymatters #reading #wellread

Barbie wishes you a Happy and Well-Informed Black History Month. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #blackhistoryamericanhistory #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory #barbie #barbies #fashiondolls #fashiondoll #History #historymatters #historyfacts #whitefragility #racerelations #equality #equalitymatters #reading #wellread

I've been watching another Karen show, All Her Fault, which has a theme of the unfair burden of the (white) mom having to always be "amazing".

Pluribus utterly destroys that concept, excellently, giving us a female character who's anything but "amazing", and the whites are so much, "no, not like that. she makes us seem bad".

We need more unlikable female characters because women are just as shitty as men.

#Plur1bus #Pluribus #SciFi #ScienceFiction #tv #television #AllHerFault #whiteFragility

I've been watching another Karen show, All Her Fault, which has a theme of the unfair burden of the (white) mom having to always be "amazing".

Pluribus utterly destroys that concept, excellently, giving us a female character who's anything but "amazing", and the whites are so much, "no, not like that. she makes us seem bad".

We need more unlikable female characters because women are just as shitty as men.

#Plur1bus #Pluribus #SciFi #ScienceFiction #tv #television #AllHerFault #whiteFragility