DAMMIT FAZER!!!

…whiteness — but it didn’t happen automatically. They had to “petition,” so to speak, to be included. This process involved aligning themselves with the systems of power that upheld whiteness, often at the expense of solidarity with other marginalized groups.
The Irish Had to Ask to Be White
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Deb C.🇵🇸💚
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Jan 8, 2025
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DAMMIT FAZER!!! You did it af*ckin'gain!!! Please read my mentor, Jimmy Baldwin's article here, cuz he hit the nail on the damned head with this old piece, that never dies: https://ourcommonground.com/2016/11/14/on-being-white-and-other-lies-james-baldwin-essence-magazine-1984/
Love your writing, darlin' -- keep doin' the damned thing!
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Written by Deb C.🇵🇸💚1K Followers
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Former Navy Russian linguist, Realtor, Claims Adjuster, OpEd columnist/Features writer at a small, S. Florida newspaper. Since 2007, blogged at “Let’s Be Clear”
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