Carolina QuotesY'all the issue is whiteness. You can try to cut it all these different ways. But the common denominator, through-line, consistent factor & persistent conflict is whiteness. Until folks are ready to confront what whiteness is, its construct & function, we are stuck here. You can approach it from whatever angle you want & discuss religion, imperialism, capitalism, colonialism, whatever you want. You're not getting anywhere without an analysis of whiteness because whiteness is what the rest has been constructed around.
Bree Newsome Carolinian
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1/7/2021 on Twitter
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“Y'all the issue is whiteness. You can try to cut it all thes…” Bree Newsome. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-9D2C349449. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/9d2c349449
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