Woke Racists Need to Check Their Privilege Because of What They Get Away With
Anti-racists spread another form of racism by hating White people
It’s been difficult avoiding nauseating articles about race on news and blogging websites for the past year.
Writers make absurd claims they’re fighting racism while acting racist. These articles follow a certain theme and use all the same illogical and contradicting language. You hear things like it isn’t good enough not to be racist, you must be anti-racist! Ok, I’m against racism like 99% of the population. What else do you want?
That’s not what the Black Lives Matter activists want. They want White people to apologize for their “Whiteness,” whatever that means. Try saying that for another skin color and see what happens. They shout, “Check your privilege!” if you are White without knowing anything about you besides your skin color. It’s the shallowest way to look at a person.
There was an article on Medium that attacked “entitled White males” for their response to a prominent writer’s unfortunate health situation on the platform. I don’t have enough time to explore all the drama involved with that but there was a common thread throughout the entire piece. The author kept saying, “entitled White males.”
They want White people to apologize for their “Whiteness,” whatever that means.
The author is a social justice fanatic, but not for real justice, and has some serious issues to work out about her thoughts on race and racism. I fell into the trap of replying to the piece. I asked what would happen if those “entitled White males” she was talking about weren’t White? She called me a “Karen,” how dare she assume my gender? She followed up with, “If Tom was a different colour he probably wouldn’t act like a selfish entitle a-hole, and would understand what it’s like. If that’s all you’ve got, move along.?” That’s some great writing.
I did move along because I don’t have time to engage with people like that in a conversation that won’t go anywhere. Does she recognize how privileged she is to get away with speaking about an entire group of people’s skin color and face no consequences? She couldn’t have made a more racist assumption that only White people can act entitled.
She called me a “Karen,” how dare she assume my gender?
You can’t escape people of every race acting that way right now. Look at people freaking out about their China Virus unemployment benefits getting taken away with millions of jobs available. They think they are entitled to that forever. We see professional athletes, celebrities, and politicians of all races act entitled every day. Could you act more entitled than Hillary Clinton did in the 2016 race? It’s more than only White males who can act entitled.
Woke activists have the privilege of getting away with doublespeak when it comes to race and the rest of their political agenda. They can tell a White person every way he/she is racist while not realizing they’re acting racist doing it. If you riot in the name of Black Lives Matter and get let off the hook from legal consequences, you have privilege. The people who broke the law on January 6th don’t get a pass like BLM rioters.
Maybe the two people the writer was calling entitled White males really were acting that way. There’s nothing wrong with calling out people who act like jerks. The problem is making everything about race. When real racial issues come up when everything is about race, people won’t care when they should. You don’t help your cause to fight racism when you assume another person is racist because of their skin color.