@nhannahjones @jennyglassctb @NYTmag Sweeping statements about people’s belief in their own children and their community. Rather bold. But then, I have come to expect no less from privileged white women.
@nhannahjones @jennyglassctb @NYTmag Of course it is personal, you’re talking about peoples children. What I am responding to in this particular case is a person who sits in a very specific situation in regards to what is available to her as a “public good” vs what might be available to other people, who then makes
So now you're armed, you're set, your entire family down to the 9 year old can shoot to kill; you're living in a compound where you grow your own food and slaughter your own animals and no one is collecting taxes from you. You're your own police, educators and doctors.
Now what?
88% of Evangelicals voted for Walker over Rev. Warnock, because Evangelicals aren’t a religious organization, but a political block. And it’s big business. They love money and money answers their prayers. The cult keeps the masses in check. It’s the dark ages but with wifi.
Imagine a world where we said, what’s going on with the children? So many of them are angry and distressed after school. So many of them are shut in their bedrooms. So many of them are anxious and unhappy. So many of them disillusioned at 15. 1;
One of the ways white supremacy culture works in everyday life is through demanding civility at all times from people of color while actively oppressing and exploiting them.
This is one of those fascinating times when you see the difference between people who think of monarchs and colonialism are part of some fantasy world, like Disney stories, and those who know the evil of it and whose parents can talk vividly about the cruelty and lasting impact.
every couple months there's a big report that some neonazi org is full of cops, enlisted military, etc etc,and nothing happens except somehow more government funding for those things. huh! hm. huh