After The Obama Years and everyone noticing police violence, which is a 100+ old problem, with Black Lives Matter for a few years Black Issues(tm) have taken a back seat in mainstream discourse because no one can make hay over them at the moment.
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After The Obama Years and everyone noticing police violence, which is a 100+ old problem, with Black Lives Matter for a few years Black Issues(tm) have taken a back seat in mainstream discourse because no one can make hay over them at the moment.
Immigration, Transphobia, Islamophobia are being centered by the right, but their anti-black racism is less direct and obvious.
This won't last. 1/
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After The Obama Years and everyone noticing police violence, which is a 100+ old problem, with Black Lives Matter for a few years Black Issues(tm) have taken a back seat in mainstream discourse because no one can make hay over them at the moment.
Immigration, Transphobia, Islamophobia are being centered by the right, but their anti-black racism is less direct and obvious.
This won't last. 1/
The American Right is hosting some very strange bedfellows at the moment. There is a significant, and disturbing group who see America as a White Christian nation. These people think that one might have a debate about the merits of interracial marriage. They do realize this wouldn't be popular so they are starting with trans people.
Meanwhile many participants in this movement have vague notions of a post racial America.
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The American Right is hosting some very strange bedfellows at the moment. There is a significant, and disturbing group who see America as a White Christian nation. These people think that one might have a debate about the merits of interracial marriage. They do realize this wouldn't be popular so they are starting with trans people.
Meanwhile many participants in this movement have vague notions of a post racial America.
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The "Department of Homeland Security" has been posting AI generated fake paintings that look like Nazi posters complete with blonde Übermenschen.
Someone recently said "Isn't the lack of diversity a little odd? Most of the people in America don't look like this one guy."
But such criticism is "woke" and we are not doing that anymore.
The contradictions, the strain only increases. It will , eventually, break.
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The "Department of Homeland Security" has been posting AI generated fake paintings that look like Nazi posters complete with blonde Übermenschen.
Someone recently said "Isn't the lack of diversity a little odd? Most of the people in America don't look like this one guy."
But such criticism is "woke" and we are not doing that anymore.
The contradictions, the strain only increases. It will , eventually, break.
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The odious Woke Ideology, existed for a reason. Maybe DHS will tell the AI to add some non-white people in their future posts. And do not be shocked if they do this ... and it is met with backlash from their fans.
I'm curious to see what they do.
I do not envy trans people having "the spotlight" there is very little good about the spotlight.
Now is a great time to be loudly pro trans rights and try to soak up some of the damage.
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