Someone needs to brush up interest convergence theory. By CRT standards, literally every successful black person is inherently a race traitor. Any success is a demonstration that their individual interests conform to the white supremacist agenda. Stacy Abrams is obviously not a white supremacist because she is a loser.
This analysis always makes me want to shout “how do you not find this insulting!” Yet so many black ppl go along with it. When I worked in the office full time I used to listen to Larry Elder on the way home from work and he would get some angry calls from black people for addressing disproportionate crime rates or saying that affirmative action is a bad thing. Also reminds me of that exhibit that said punctuality is white supremacy. Apparently good behavior in and of itself is white supremacy
The greatest trick ... The Devil ever played was convincing people that the memes of success were the sole province of Y. T.
In an alternate present, branching off from the late '80s, Americans, black and white alike, realized that they have more in common than they have apart, and that succeeding, producing something of value, material or cultural, was more important than any wedge-driving and more profitable than any identity competition.
I recall growing up in the 90s, and I had more in common with Carlton Banks than any man, woman, or xir on TV. We were this close to creating an American Ethos that might have been a shared cultural touchstone in the first nation on Earth that didn't depend on a common genome but instead a common memome, a shared cultural heritage that we all could draw upon.
I have more in common with you u/Smith1980, and your posts here, than every white guy I have met except my brother, in the last 30 years. More than my father, separated by nothing more than a generational gap any my maternal grandfather's hairline. That camaraderie, that brotherhood, that unity of purpose, was stolen from us in our lifetimes.
When it is late at night, and my sense of duty forestalls sleep, that truth gnaws at my soul.
We could have ALL been Americans, and instead we are barely forestalling civil war, and for no reason.
Greatly appreciated. I have a lot in common with you as well. I’m an 80s baby and feel we were making a lot of progress as well. I used to get teased and called Carlton but over time I took that as a compliment. My favorite Carlton moment was when he went off on that guy at the fraternity who said he wasn’t really black.
Now we live in a time when we have to take seriously the ramblings of young people about things they know nothing about. Like during the blm riots you had black teens rambling about slavery and Jim Crow and I remember shouting at the screen why are you giving these morons any legitimacy. Or any young person who lectures people with authority like Greta Thunberg. I work with the youth at church and I see a lot of good young people but unfortunately you only get a platform if you spout some sort of nonsense
Walker had a chance in a "one man, one vote" election, but he had absolutely no chance in a "one black female social worker, one block's votes" election.
I wish you were wrong but I pretty much agree. I’m registered Republican more so due to my disgust with democrat policies. Putting on a pedestal is absurd. If they are a good candidate that will speak for themselves. You will be called racist regardless so it’s pointless to highlight minority conservatives.
I really despise how the Atlantic and other garbage news sites have this narrative that they decide what counts as being black
I live in a red area so at least there is that but I will say Lee Zeldin definitely surprised me. I didn’t think he would get that close but I forget outside NYC it’s pretty red. That describes quite a few blue states if not all.
Someone needs to brush up interest convergence theory. By CRT standards, literally every successful black person is inherently a race traitor. Any success is a demonstration that their individual interests conform to the white supremacist agenda. Stacy Abrams is obviously not a white supremacist because she is a loser.
This analysis always makes me want to shout “how do you not find this insulting!” Yet so many black ppl go along with it. When I worked in the office full time I used to listen to Larry Elder on the way home from work and he would get some angry calls from black people for addressing disproportionate crime rates or saying that affirmative action is a bad thing. Also reminds me of that exhibit that said punctuality is white supremacy. Apparently good behavior in and of itself is white supremacy
The greatest trick
...The Devil ever played was convincing people that the memes of success were the sole province of Y. T.In an alternate present, branching off from the late '80s, Americans, black and white alike, realized that they have more in common than they have apart, and that succeeding, producing something of value, material or cultural, was more important than any wedge-driving and more profitable than any identity competition.
I recall growing up in the 90s, and I had more in common with Carlton Banks than any man, woman, or xir on TV. We were this close to creating an American Ethos that might have been a shared cultural touchstone in the first nation on Earth that didn't depend on a common genome but instead a common memome, a shared cultural heritage that we all could draw upon.
I have more in common with you u/Smith1980, and your posts here, than every white guy I have met except my brother, in the last 30 years. More than my father, separated by nothing more than a generational gap any my maternal grandfather's hairline. That camaraderie, that brotherhood, that unity of purpose, was stolen from us in our lifetimes.
When it is late at night, and my sense of duty forestalls sleep, that truth gnaws at my soul.
We could have ALL been Americans, and instead we are barely forestalling civil war, and for no reason.
Greatly appreciated. I have a lot in common with you as well. I’m an 80s baby and feel we were making a lot of progress as well. I used to get teased and called Carlton but over time I took that as a compliment. My favorite Carlton moment was when he went off on that guy at the fraternity who said he wasn’t really black.
Now we live in a time when we have to take seriously the ramblings of young people about things they know nothing about. Like during the blm riots you had black teens rambling about slavery and Jim Crow and I remember shouting at the screen why are you giving these morons any legitimacy. Or any young person who lectures people with authority like Greta Thunberg. I work with the youth at church and I see a lot of good young people but unfortunately you only get a platform if you spout some sort of nonsense
-AWFLs
Walker is a tragedy but in the opposite way The Atlantic is saying.
Walker had a chance in a "one man, one vote" election, but he had absolutely no chance in a "one black female social worker, one block's votes" election.
I wish you were wrong but I pretty much agree. I’m registered Republican more so due to my disgust with democrat policies. Putting on a pedestal is absurd. If they are a good candidate that will speak for themselves. You will be called racist regardless so it’s pointless to highlight minority conservatives.
I really despise how the Atlantic and other garbage news sites have this narrative that they decide what counts as being black
I live in a red area so at least there is that but I will say Lee Zeldin definitely surprised me. I didn’t think he would get that close but I forget outside NYC it’s pretty red. That describes quite a few blue states if not all.
The reactions to Walker I saw tonight make it seem like everyone forgot Perdue was White.