I want to say thank you. A deep heartfelt thank you to

[ismnotwasm]

7. K&R

I found this on twitter

Link to tweet

For me I want my gratitude to be followed by action—easier for me, I think because I live in Seattle. I can do the minimum and stay “active”

So many of our African American posters are no longer posting here. Still, I want to ASK, how can we help?

That whole “identity politics” bullshit came from a place of deep racism—one whites have a difficult time fighting, because first, we have to acknowledge it is racist. When we are unwilling to do that, we simply adjust the narrative to make it sound “reasonable” i.e. “economics affects everybody” true enough, but, for instance how certain economic policies affect an African American male already impeded by decades of institutional racism is not the same as how it affects a White male with similar prospects entering the job markets. You have two entirely different situations.

Some of us tried to point this out, but those who were immersed in, call it “theory” rather than reality wouldn’t hear. It didn’t fit the narrative and the narrative was a racist one.