Honestly, I think Grace was too lenient. Settler-leftists haven't proven themselves any less microaggressive than their more regressive counterparts in my eyes. I'm right there with her-- if I'm vetting an org, and I walk into the physical function to see a white male majority, I Grandpa Simpson my shit and walk right back out because I know, every single time, I'm going to end up in an argument over some microaggressive white shit and I'mma be left feeling like ain't shit changed, and wondering why I spent the effort on these crackers.
She's stronger than I am, frankly. Every goddamn day, I think about taking out a loan, using it to pay down the flight out and the exit tax on renouncing my citizenship, defaulting on that shit, and leaving the West's settlers to their fate. Every. Goddamn. Day. Because if I'm keeping it a whole band, I still don't believe there's a future where we achieve socialism as still one nation. I still don't believe there's a future where the white race as a monolith and the majority internalizes that they HAVE to pay us back for everything they took from us, and all the trauma over hundreds of years that was left in the gaps of what they took. I still don't see a socialist future that doesn't have a self-determined Black state as an opposite to Amerika, as an example to all subjects of empire that the settler devil could be opposed and surmounted.
She a WHOLE lot nicer than me, and stronger to boot.
I still don't believe there's a future where we achieve socialism as still one nation
If you disagree with this statement, please build anti-colonial national self-determiniation into your politics. There must be Black, indigenous, Puerto Rican, [add more internally colonized nations here] full self-determination built into your revolutionary project. That means if the Black nation in the US decides to pursue full independence from the new government during the revolutionary process, it takes priority over building a unitary socialist state. The US is the prison house of nations, not a true nation in itself. It would be incredibly naive to assume these settler-built boundaries will be maintained in their entirety when Native nations are able to pursue independence on their own terms, for example.
Sometimes people on here talk about US balkanization as the chaotic predecessor to revolutionary conditions, but I think it's far more likely to be the orderly dismantling of colonial borders post-revolution.
Yup, you make a very good argument. I've re-read my previous comment and I'd like to apologise for engaging in tone policing, and to thank you for bringing up your personal experience (which I assume must be exhausting).
Not that you are intentionally tone policing here, but I think her tone adequately conveys her feelings on the issue. Tired, angry, resigned, determined, all come across in the prose.
If her tone offends you then you're placing yourself in the shoes of the white male communists who failed her rather than her, and that's almost certainly chauvinism.
Some other users have pointed it out as well, and while my tone policing wasn't intentional as I ultimately agree with the author, it was still a case of it and I apologise for it. Thank you for calling it to my attention, I'll keep it in mind for the future.
good on you for doing self-crit. disclosure that i don’t believe I should accept the apology as i am not Black, but I’m glad you were willing to reflect on it.
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Honestly, I think Grace was too lenient. Settler-leftists haven't proven themselves any less microaggressive than their more regressive counterparts in my eyes. I'm right there with her-- if I'm vetting an org, and I walk into the physical function to see a white male majority, I Grandpa Simpson my shit and walk right back out because I know, every single time, I'm going to end up in an argument over some microaggressive white shit and I'mma be left feeling like ain't shit changed, and wondering why I spent the effort on these crackers.
She's stronger than I am, frankly. Every goddamn day, I think about taking out a loan, using it to pay down the flight out and the exit tax on renouncing my citizenship, defaulting on that shit, and leaving the West's settlers to their fate. Every. Goddamn. Day. Because if I'm keeping it a whole band, I still don't believe there's a future where we achieve socialism as still one nation. I still don't believe there's a future where the white race as a monolith and the majority internalizes that they HAVE to pay us back for everything they took from us, and all the trauma over hundreds of years that was left in the gaps of what they took. I still don't see a socialist future that doesn't have a self-determined Black state as an opposite to Amerika, as an example to all subjects of empire that the settler devil could be opposed and surmounted.
She a WHOLE lot nicer than me, and stronger to boot.
And I'd like to thank BOTH @finderscult@lemmy.ml and @bigboopballs@hexbear.net for proving my motherfuckin point.
If you disagree with this statement, please build anti-colonial national self-determiniation into your politics. There must be Black, indigenous, Puerto Rican, [add more internally colonized nations here] full self-determination built into your revolutionary project. That means if the Black nation in the US decides to pursue full independence from the new government during the revolutionary process, it takes priority over building a unitary socialist state. The US is the prison house of nations, not a true nation in itself. It would be incredibly naive to assume these settler-built boundaries will be maintained in their entirety when Native nations are able to pursue independence on their own terms, for example.
Sometimes people on here talk about US balkanization as the chaotic predecessor to revolutionary conditions, but I think it's far more likely to be the orderly dismantling of colonial borders post-revolution.
Yup, you make a very good argument. I've re-read my previous comment and I'd like to apologise for engaging in tone policing, and to thank you for bringing up your personal experience (which I assume must be exhausting).
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You are irredeemable, fascist trash.
Not that you are intentionally tone policing here, but I think her tone adequately conveys her feelings on the issue. Tired, angry, resigned, determined, all come across in the prose.
If her tone offends you then you're placing yourself in the shoes of the white male communists who failed her rather than her, and that's almost certainly chauvinism.
Some other users have pointed it out as well, and while my tone policing wasn't intentional as I ultimately agree with the author, it was still a case of it and I apologise for it. Thank you for calling it to my attention, I'll keep it in mind for the future.
yeah this is tone policing.
Yeah, after some reflection, you're right that I was doing tone policing. I'd like to apologise for that, and thank you for bringing it up.
good on you for doing self-crit. disclosure that i don’t believe I should accept the apology as i am not Black, but I’m glad you were willing to reflect on it.