This piece was so so insightful. "Those crying racism when addressing caste are purporting a patently false, manipulated history—one that does not engage realistically with our checkered past. "
This was amazing. Thank you for this. I often think of the white gaze as also about social control; how Black people will police eachother in other to uphold a specific idea about being Black so as not to arouse white racism. I think this is one of the reasons why Blacks on the left dont talk about Black people in a negative light, preferring to constantly cast us as perpetual victims of white racism. It controls the narrative while providing nothing material to Black people.
I will check out this book you have quoted from here. I hope my library has it.
Reminds me of the salad bowl vs melting pot theory of assimilation debate
This piece was so so insightful. "Those crying racism when addressing caste are purporting a patently false, manipulated history—one that does not engage realistically with our checkered past. "
This was amazing. Thank you for this. I often think of the white gaze as also about social control; how Black people will police eachother in other to uphold a specific idea about being Black so as not to arouse white racism. I think this is one of the reasons why Blacks on the left dont talk about Black people in a negative light, preferring to constantly cast us as perpetual victims of white racism. It controls the narrative while providing nothing material to Black people.
I will check out this book you have quoted from here. I hope my library has it.