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

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I’m going to suggest a new thing called Terminal White Person Syndrome (TWPS) that’s more common among white people. Interpret that how you will.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Crackeritis

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

desperate to avoid dying while still white

try to cure TWPS with face paint

condition becomes much more terminal very rapidly

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

TWPS does not have whiteness as a symptom, they just have statistical association due to societal causes. It’s symptoms include colonial thinking, a distinct lack of empathy, and general bigotry. Treatment involves heavy de-colonial therapy (DCT)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

the caucacity