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Why do I lack the ability to trust white people who claim to be progressive or leftist? (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago by Angel@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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When a person of color, especially if they're black like me, affirms their support for causes such as queer liberation, feminism, animal rights, or socialism, I immediately feel that I can believe, with minimal doubt, that they're truly convicted and principled in what they're advocating for.

However, when a white person claims to support leftism, until my skepticism is proven wrong, I immediately assume they're a dishonest and performative libshit. I then proceed to interact with them with hefty amounts of caution. If my assumptions are proven true, I'm never shocked.

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[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Well I don't really have much else to say... I guess read your theory, do your praxis, always wear a seatbelt, and most importantly remember that if you don't want to be counted among the victims of the prospective infinite genocide on the First World, that you can always simply stop being a anti-cracker-aktion ... Like, you can just do that. At any time. Honestly, it isn't nearly as difficult as people say, although having a moderately complicated relationship to nationality among other factors probably did make things a little easier for me.