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Why do I lack the ability to trust white people who claim to be progressive or leftist? (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by Angel@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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When a person of color, especially if they're black like me, affirms their support for causes such as queer liberation, feminism, animal rights, or socialism, I immediately feel that I can believe, with minimal doubt, that they're truly convicted and principled in what they're advocating for.

However, when a white person claims to support leftism, until my skepticism is proven wrong, I immediately assume they're a dishonest and performative libshit. I then proceed to interact with them with hefty amounts of caution. If my assumptions are proven true, I'm never shocked.

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[-] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You're right maybe I shouldn't have opened with that and I couldn't tell whether you were serious or venting and hoped for the later, I'm frustrated at the lack of an american left and I think that kind of mindset as a conscious political choice contributes to that problem, that's why I have some disdain for it.