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.

  • EelBolshevikism [none/use name]English
    7•1 year ago

    I’m going to suggest a new thing called Terminal White Person Syndrome (TWPS) that’s more common among white people. Interpret that how you will.

    • SerLava [he/him]English
      7•1 year ago

      desperate to avoid dying while still white

      try to cure TWPS with face paint

      condition becomes much more terminal very rapidly

      • EelBolshevikism [none/use name]English
        6•1 year ago

        TWPS does not have whiteness as a symptom, they just have statistical association due to societal causes. It’s symptoms include colonial thinking, a distinct lack of empathy, and general bigotry. Treatment involves heavy de-colonial therapy (DCT)