Re:Block Party Aims to Be a 'Spam Folder' for Social Media H...
by jMyles on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @06:15PM
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If you were an alien visiting our planet and getting a snapshot of our culture, I can totally understand your take. It's very real and mirrors my experience also.
However, you aren't. There's a history here that you seem to be ignoring.
> I see people being mocked on the basis of being "mediocre white men" far more often on Twitter than I see them mocked on the basis of being "mediocre women of color"
Wowza.
Has it occurred to you that centuries of colonization and slavery have rendered marginalized groups in such a way as to be viewed with mediocrity as a default? And territorial, warmongering, profiteering people (among whom, white men have become most wealthy and "successful") are rendered as great?
However, you aren't. There's a history here that you seem to be ignoring.
> I see people being mocked on the basis of being "mediocre white men" far more often on Twitter than I see them mocked on the basis of being "mediocre women of color"
Wowza.
Has it occurred to you that centuries of colonization and slavery have rendered marginalized groups in such a way as to be viewed with mediocrity as a default? And territorial, warmongering, profiteering people (among whom, white men have become most wealthy and "successful") are rendered as great?