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For many Black people, performing anti-Blackness is about survival. Respectability is often a means of coping to "blend-in" and not draw the attention of fearful whites.
Part of the reason Black people cannot be racist is because performing anti-Blackness is often one of few means that some Black people have to avert the threat of fearful whiteness.
I'm not saying I agree just explaining what it is.
I'm not saying I agree just explaining what it is.
We can't conflate Black people's drive to survive with white people's propensity (and desire) to oppress.
Listen, a lot of Black people are stepping out of their doors each day just trying to not die. Many are afraid that a white person misrecognizing them or projecting white fears on their body could put that plan in jeopardy.
How is it possible, in a system that runs on Black Death, pain, and trauma, that Black people could somehow benefit from racism?
It's impossible.
It's impossible.
