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I have heard many times that my calling out racist behavior is going to make or have made some people become racist. This makes no sense. And if this is the case, why are blacks being called racists? Any, I need an explanation about why a non racist person would turn racist because they hear or read non white people opposing the racism they aren't suppose to have.
Treating people equally has given way to making all of us ambassadors for our race.
White people are being asked—or pushed—to take stock of their whiteness and identify with it more. This is a remarkably bad idea. The last thing our society needs is for white people to feel more tribal. The result of this tribalism will not be a catharsis of white identity, improving equality for non-whites. It will be resentment towards being the only tribe not given the special treatment bestowed by victimhood.
A big part of the reason white Americans have been willing to go along with policies that are prejudicial on their face, such as affirmative action, is that they do not view themselves as a tribe. Given the inequality of resources favoring whites in our society, it is a good thing that white people view themselves as the ones without an accent. Should that change, white privilege (whatever one views that to be) will not be eviscerated—it will be entrenched.
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The reason those policies were made is because whites saw themselves as not just a tribe but THE tribe. Is factual criticism of racism by a particular part of the white population anti the entire white race? So can someone explain how calling out or opposing racism makes some become racists? Or is this just a tactic to silence tthose who oppose racism.
How Anti-White Rhetoric Is Fueling White Nationalism
Don’t Ask White People to Be More Tribal
Strikingly, this shift in rhetoric undermines what was once the core of anti-racist efforts. Treating people equally has given way to making all of us ambassadors for our race. This is a classic theme in critical race theory, that people of color carry a burden of representation that white people do not. But foisting the baggage of representation onto white people doesn’t solve that problem. It makes it worse.Treating people equally has given way to making all of us ambassadors for our race.
White people are being asked—or pushed—to take stock of their whiteness and identify with it more. This is a remarkably bad idea. The last thing our society needs is for white people to feel more tribal. The result of this tribalism will not be a catharsis of white identity, improving equality for non-whites. It will be resentment towards being the only tribe not given the special treatment bestowed by victimhood.
A big part of the reason white Americans have been willing to go along with policies that are prejudicial on their face, such as affirmative action, is that they do not view themselves as a tribe. Given the inequality of resources favoring whites in our society, it is a good thing that white people view themselves as the ones without an accent. Should that change, white privilege (whatever one views that to be) will not be eviscerated—it will be entrenched.

How Anti-White Rhetoric Is Fueling White Nationalism
White people are being asked—or pushed—to take stock of their whiteness and identify with it more. This is a remarkably bad idea.

The reason those policies were made is because whites saw themselves as not just a tribe but THE tribe. Is factual criticism of racism by a particular part of the white population anti the entire white race? So can someone explain how calling out or opposing racism makes some become racists? Or is this just a tactic to silence tthose who oppose racism.