I’m a person of colour and left leaning, but I find that there is ironic racism from the liberals and the left, as exemplified by this post. I appreciate that many thinkers including Slavoj Zizek call them out on this. There is the idea that persons of colour and minorities are perpetually helpless who need uplifting by privileged white people. Which in effect condescends and stereotype PoCs and thereby exotocising them. It denies the humanity and agency of PoCs to be an individual human who are just as flawed as any of us. This is the modern-day version of “white man’s burden”.
I mean, this is pretty clearly racist, and everyone is acknowledging that? I think it’s okay for marginalized people to laugh at absurd situations they encounter
Oh absolutely. White savior complex is absolutely a thing to be wary of. I just thought that in this instance everyone knew what she was doing wasn’t a good thing, and was laughing at the ridiculousness of it.
I’m a person of colour and left leaning, but I find that there is ironic racism from the liberals and the left, as exemplified by this post. I appreciate that many thinkers including Slavoj Zizek call them out on this. There is the idea that persons of colour and minorities are perpetually helpless who need uplifting by privileged white people. Which in effect condescends and stereotype PoCs and thereby exotocising them. It denies the humanity and agency of PoCs to be an individual human who are just as flawed as any of us. This is the modern-day version of “white man’s burden”.
I mean, this is pretty clearly racist, and everyone is acknowledging that? I think it’s okay for marginalized people to laugh at absurd situations they encounter
Yes, but there are still blinds spots for many. Trying hard not to be racist sometimes ends up being one.
Oh absolutely. White savior complex is absolutely a thing to be wary of. I just thought that in this instance everyone knew what she was doing wasn’t a good thing, and was laughing at the ridiculousness of it.
In general I agree, of course
If you dislike an aspect of yourself powerfully enough, instead of grasping it to lift it out, you just poke it back under the surface.