This Week's Opening Thought: August 28, 2023

This week's opening thought: The amount of anti-Blackness, white supremacy, and white privilege it takes to pass education legislation in your state that calls for teaching the youth of your state that chattel slavery was a “character-building moment” that gave enslaved Black bodies “useful skills” and then show up at a Black community-led vigil after a white supremacist intentionally murdered three Black people in your state in a pre-meditated anti-Black hate crime and think you deserve the right to speak at said vigil is peak whiteness. Hell, that’s beyond peak whiteness.

That is quintessential, old-school classic whiteness.

That’s some forefather shit.

To not care about my life or what your people have inflicted upon mine over 400+ years, then see the murders of my people as a photo op for your Presidential campaign and pop up to share “thoughts and prayers?”

That is vintage whiteness, like an original Ted Nugent t-shirt at a KKK rally.

Harm now; act as if you will apologize later while doubling and tripling down on the damage you’ve caused and supported.

That’s that classic apple pie white supremacy right there, y’all.

A la mode.