justsomeantifas:

Serena Joy and the White Woman™ Archetype

[…]the rhetoric dominating today’s conversation post-midterm-elections is that “white women need to do better.” That language is tongue-in-cheek when it comes from black people and other marginalized communities, but troubling when echoed by white people with sense. In their mouths, the reprimand sounds both surprised and patronizing. They shake their heads and wag their fingers, saying ‘No, Susan, you know better, why do you keep making this mistake?’.

It’s not a mistake. 

Like Serena Joy, white women are not stupid.

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