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#mouthypolitics101

Where do I begin...

Sometimes the simplest explanation is the RIGHT one.

For instance, the white woman "researching" why her demographic were involved (and are serving time) in the January 6th insurrection.

She cites EVERYTHING but the ONE thing that has long united ww against
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BIPoC - RACISM.

There are Black folks who are knee-deep into conspiracy theories - from flat earth to believing "the man" put something into the drinking water that turns Black folks gay to claiming Beyoncé is a member of the illuminati. There is no shortage of kooks at the
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cookout.

With that said, why weren't these Black folks at the Capitol alongside the rest of their fellow conspiracy theorists?

Black women experience abuse, violence, addiction, loneliness, feelings of insecurity, lack of support ALONG with misogynoir.

Yet, they also weren't at the
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Capitol that day trying to overthrow the government, and frankly, WE have a long list and a damn sight lot better reasons to do so. It's a wonder we haven't done it already.

The truth is and the one white people choose to avoid is racism no longer equals hoods and burning crosses. It has become
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subtle.

It is coded language like "welfare queens" and "the working class." It is the attacks on authentic American history and the banning of books under the pretense of "protecting children" - just not OUR children. It is the thinly veiled misogynoir aimed at the first Black/
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Indian vice president. It is the belief that equality and equity automatically equal oppression.

And ww have long served as willing handmaidens of upholding white supremacist patriarchy. They have served as enslavers, some even MORE brutal than their male counterparts.
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They made picnic lunches and attended the Sunday afternoon torture and lynching of Black people. They were instrumental in creating the Lost Cause mythology that continues to plague this country in terms of telling the truth about the Civil War. They held signs, spat at and
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jeered as Black students integrated southern high schools. They helped defeat the ERA thanks to Phyllis Schafly convincing them that equal rights for women meant women wanted to be men. Oh, and let's not forget the racism of the suffrage movement.

Given this easily researchable
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evidence, the reason middle aged white women participated in the insurrection is crystal clear.

It's not loneliness, not addiction, not abuse, because many Black people deal with these things as well.

Until people are ready and willing to swallow this bitter pill, this country
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gets nowhere. It is past time to cease coddling and infantalizing white women. Let them accept responsibility for their actions instead of making excuses.

/Fin
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