White people love Respectable Negroes (even if theyd sooner shoot them down in the street at the drop of a dime, too) because they give Whiteness an alibi. Respectable Negroes indict Blackness and advocate for Whiteness to remain uncharged, unexamined, and inculpable. As long as black people are blaming other black people for anti-black racism, Whiteness is absolved and can remain invisible and empowered. So many white people ride shotgun (figuratively and literally) on the Respectable Negro wagon. Zip-a-dee-doo-da. -- Son of Baldwin
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 00:19:14 +0000
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