I found the Rebirthing a Nation article interesting, especially the dissection of the interaction with the older white relative and their comments about the Diwali lamp. I think that by analyzing the tension that people like this feel towards black, indigenous, and people of color, we can learn how to properly educate and deconstruct these social norms that develop in communities that are historically white. The concept of “identity poltitics” is discussed further and is one that I haven’t really thought about until it brings up specific examples of the concept in play from things like the migration crisis in Europe to the controversies of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Reading about the concepts of “white rage” and “whitelash” made me think about the phrase that people started using in response to the George Floyd protests and the Black Lives Matter, which was “All Lives Matter.” It was white people who started using this phrase and it was kind of baffling to me because it felt like white people felt like they needed to feel like they were marginalized and didn’t like being singled out as oppressors.
Z., Anderson Wendy K. Rebirthing a Nation: White Women, Identity Politics, and the Internet. University Press of Mississippi, 2021.
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