We either accept racism is structural & backed up by systemic power or we don’t. We can’t simply change the frame when the bigot is black. This is anti-blackness.
The systemic racism was in Twitter being slow to delete harmful & anti-Semitic tweets. And arguably police silence. There is absolutely no doubt there.
The anti-blackness is in those jumping on Wiley’s head to virtue signal their faux anti-racism, again most don’t give a shit about racism. Trust me on this. They would have remained quiet if he was a powerful white man.
Indeed many vocal now have a history of anti-blackness. It’s a performative spectacle. Very very nasty. I really feel for Jewish folks whose struggle is constantly used as a political ball. As a political prop. That’s racism/anti-Semitism too.
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