Let us workshop this section (of a larger essay) that explores how the mainstream antiracist movement, which involves denigrating reason and enlightenment values, is toxic to black people
The author seems to be suggesting that white supremacy, on its deathbed, might adopt a strategy of sitting back and allowing a degradation of black culture and intellectual achievements. They might watch as examples of black excellence are replaced in the media by examples of degeneracy, as black perseverance in the face of historical oppression is ignored or rejected by those who consider it an acceptance of "white ideals," and as movements that reject liberal or enlightenment ideals are promoted even if they ultimately undermine black interests. The author describes a world in which reason, science, math, and logic are denigrated as tools of white supremacy or rejected altogether, despite the fact that black people have contributed to these fields throughout history. This rejection of objective truth and logic, the author suggests, could harm black people and prevent them from rising out of oppression.
This piece is unsafe for classrooms though. The writing style is overly aggressive, confrontational, and inflammatory. Such is style is appropriate only when defending safe-space-friendly points of view (like antiracism). This author, however, openly attacks the antiracist movement and thereby ultimately denies that black people are the most victimized people on the face of the earth and so deserving of special dispensations. Even if it were written in the most cuddly of styles, then, it would be violent in the end. Liberal and Enlightenment ideals, by the way, are WHITE ideals. No matter the intentions, they can only poison blacks. Black truths are found through the gut and through communal stories and communion with spirits.
We must acknowledge that systemic racism exists and actively work to dismantle it. This requires examining our own biases and privilege, listening to and centering the voices of marginalized communities, and taking action to address and prevent discrimination. By working together to create a more equitable—NOT EQUAL—society, we can build a future where past discrimination is redressed by PRESENT DISCRIMINATION. WE MUST CONTROL NOT ONLY HOW WHITES BEHAVE, BUT ALSO HOW THEY THINK AND FEEL. Their opinions and experiences are invalid, their words are hurtful, and their congregations are triggering. The white supremacist foundations of US democracy need to be attacked from within!
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The author seems to be suggesting that white supremacy, on its deathbed, might adopt a strategy of sitting back and allowing a degradation of black culture and intellectual achievements. They might watch as examples of black excellence are replaced in the media by examples of degeneracy, as black perseverance in the face of historical oppression is ignored or rejected by those who consider it an acceptance of "white ideals," and as movements that reject liberal or enlightenment ideals are promoted even if they ultimately undermine black interests. The author describes a world in which reason, science, math, and logic are denigrated as tools of white supremacy or rejected altogether, despite the fact that black people have contributed to these fields throughout history. This rejection of objective truth and logic, the author suggests, could harm black people and prevent them from rising out of oppression.
This piece is unsafe for classrooms though. The writing style is overly aggressive, confrontational, and inflammatory. Such is style is appropriate only when defending safe-space-friendly points of view (like antiracism). This author, however, openly attacks the antiracist movement and thereby ultimately denies that black people are the most victimized people on the face of the earth and so deserving of special dispensations. Even if it were written in the most cuddly of styles, then, it would be violent in the end. Liberal and Enlightenment ideals, by the way, are WHITE ideals. No matter the intentions, they can only poison blacks. Black truths are found through the gut and through communal stories and communion with spirits.
We must acknowledge that systemic racism exists and actively work to dismantle it. This requires examining our own biases and privilege, listening to and centering the voices of marginalized communities, and taking action to address and prevent discrimination. By working together to create a more equitable—NOT EQUAL—society, we can build a future where past discrimination is redressed by PRESENT DISCRIMINATION. WE MUST CONTROL NOT ONLY HOW WHITES BEHAVE, BUT ALSO HOW THEY THINK AND FEEL. Their opinions and experiences are invalid, their words are hurtful, and their congregations are triggering. The white supremacist foundations of US democracy need to be attacked from within!