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Church of Jeff

Church of Jeff
@jeffowski@mastodon.world

Föderation EN Mi 05.02.2025 16:42:54

Steven Michael White Americans have heritages they can be proud of; Irish, polish, whatever, be bold and be proud to be French even. We have a past. We have a history. Some of our ancestors were Vikings or even a British blacksmith. Whatever. We can say those things. Black people in America don't have that luxury. They had their history stolen from them. Most of them have no idea what country of origin they have. And "Africa" isn't a country. So they get to be black. And they get to be proud to be black. Because our whiteness erased their heritage. So when a white person asks, "Why can they be proud to be black but I can't be proud to be white?" Because you're celebrating things like the erasure of their history and the violence and torture their people suffered at the whim of white America.

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PNW Deb

PNW Deb
@DebR@mstdn.social

Föderation EN Mi 05.02.2025 17:10:48

@jeffowski I’m sharing this everywhere.

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Fish Id Wardrobe

Fish Id Wardrobe
@fishidwardrobe@social.tchncs.de

Föderation EN Mi 05.02.2025 17:37:38

@jeffowski this is a powerful and insightful perspective, thank you

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Hans van Zijst

Hans van Zijst
@hans@social.woefdram.nl

Föderation · Mi 05.02.2025 18:18:54

@Church of Jeff I like the sentiment, but still think it's pretty dumb to be proud of the history of your forebearers. It's not an achievement in any way.

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