white fragility
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Yelp Announces ‘Business Accused of Racist Behavior Alert,’ and Now All the Hit Dogs Are Hollering
Yelp, the company that specializes in crowd-sourced business reviews, announced Thursday that it will now warn users about businesses that have been accused of “overt” racism. Conservatives responded to this news with sighs of relief knowing that the “minorities” whose wellbeing they’re always concerned about will be appropriately alerted to bigoted business owners whose toxic…
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Missouri Resident Receives Anonymous Letter Claiming Her Black Lives Matter Sign Will Drive Down Property Value
Somewhere in this fine nation of ours, someone is worried that racists won’t be able to find a welcoming neighborhood to live in. A woman in Webster Groves, Mo., committed a simple offense: She put a Black Lives Matter sign in front of her house. In response, an anonymous person sent a letter explaining signs…
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'Back the Blue' Mural in Tampa Is Almost as Ugly as the Message It Sends
Over the weekend, a group of people who likely think “racial profiling” refers to white people using Black emojis on their social media posts painted a “Back the Blue” mural on a street outside the Tampa Police Department headquarters. At least I think it reads “Back the Blue.” It might also read “Bock the Blup,”…
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Auntie Unfiltered: Not All White People
Whenever the topic of discussion turns to white people and the bullshit they pull against Black people, there will always be a few white voices that want to disrupt what could be a productive conversation with that old white people spiritual refrain: “Not all white people.” I’ve written about and spoken on this topic before.…
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White Couple Who Defaced Black Lives Matter Mural in California Charged With Hate Crime
2020 be like: “Hello, white people. Since I’ve introduced the world to the pandemic that just won’t quit, I have to do some good too. So I’d like to introduce you to the consequences of your own actions.” The revolution against Karens is most certainly being televised because, frankly, that’s the only way they can…
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Video Shows White Woman Pulling a Gun on a Black Woman and Child After an Argument in a Detroit Parking Lot
This is no “Karen” story. This isn’t a story about an entitled white woman calling the police on Black people for simply existing. This is a story about a Black family calling the police on a white woman who pulled a gun on them in a Detroit, Mich., parking lot Wednesday…for doing little more than…
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'My Ancestors Were Also Slaves': White Woman Brutally Assaulted by Black Lives Matter Mask
A white woman was forced to call all the managers—the police, corporate headquarters and the actual manager of a Long Island, N.Y., department store—after she was brutally assaulted by a Target employee’s Black Lives Matter mask. Before we begin, let’s dispense with the name-calling. Internet trolls have dubbed this woman “Ku Klux Karen,” which is…
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Ohio Black Lives Matter Demonstration Overrun by Hundreds of Armed Counterprotesters
Organizers in Bethel, Ohio—a small town with around 2,800 residents—attempted to put on a peaceful, relatively small Black Lives Matter demonstration on Sunday only to have it overrun by armed counterprotesters who came by the hundreds to “All Lives Matter” all over their parade. Bethel resident Alicia Gee posted about the event she helped organize…
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Auntie Unfiltered: Black People Can’t Save You; We Tryna Save Ourselves
Attention white people: It is not up to black people to educate you and help you understand racism. It is not up to black people to tell you what you need to say to your white racist friends. It is not up to black people to undo racism. It is not up to black people…
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A Missouri Woman Got Merriam-Webster to Agree to Update Its Definition of Racism
The conversation usually goes something like… Fragile white person: “White people aren’t the only ones who can be racist, ya know! Black people are racist against whites all the time!” Progressive black person: “Nope! Black people can’t be racist because racism requires systemic power. Black people simply don’t possess the social capital to be racist.”…