Promoting People of Color in the Progressive Blogosphere
Promoting People of Color in the Progressive Blogosphere
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Become Race Traitors..<br />
Whiteness is not a culture….. Whiteness has noth<strong>in</strong>g to do with<br />
culture and everyth<strong>in</strong>g to do with social position. It is noth<strong>in</strong>g but a<br />
reflection <strong>of</strong> privilege, and exists for no reason o<strong>the</strong>r than to defend it.<br />
The white race is a club. Certa<strong>in</strong> people are enrolled <strong>in</strong> it at birth, without<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir consent, and brought up accord<strong>in</strong>g to its rules. For <strong>the</strong> most part<br />
<strong>the</strong>y go through life accept<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> privileges <strong>of</strong> membership, without<br />
reflect<strong>in</strong>g on <strong>the</strong> costs. O<strong>the</strong>rs, usually new arrivals <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> country, pass<br />
through a probationary period before “earn<strong>in</strong>g” membership; <strong>the</strong>y are<br />
necessarily more conscious <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir racial stand<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
The white club does not require that all members be strong advocates <strong>of</strong><br />
white supremacy, merely that <strong>the</strong>y defer to <strong>the</strong> prejudices <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs. It is<br />
based on one huge assumption: that all those who look white are,<br />
whatever <strong>the</strong>ir reservations, fundamentally loyal to it.<br />
Race Traitor Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> New Abolitionism