Nell Irvin Painter in The New York Times on whiteness in the Trump era:
Conveniently, for most white Americans, being white has meant not having a racial identity. It means being and living and experiencing the world as an individual and not having to think about your race. . . . The Trump campaign has disrupted that easy freedom.[No arguments here, please. I’m sharing this link because I think it’s good food for thought.]
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I'm just about to start her book The History of White People.
No argument about whiteness, but not sure how much the election shook up white people's awareness. I would like to think so, but... as I saw on Tumblr today:
Person 1: well, at least people can't pretend that the US isn't a white patriarchal society anymore
Person 2: You underestimate the lengths to which white people will delude themselves that everything is fine LOL
Well, yes. I have to say that I feel awkwardly white. Not deluded, and aware that all is very far from well.
Yes, me too.
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