Hell to the fuck yes it’s over if you’re Mayo. 🦀🦀🦀

  • Wogre [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    People here think that the bourgeoisie will try to bring hispanic people into the fold of whiteness, and while that's possible I have doubts as to the effectviness of that. That division between white and not white does exist in the latin american community so it could be a sell to the former group, but I don't believe the people now considered whites would buy it since the main conception of hispanic people to them is a mestizo who speaks little english. And the current divisions of racism are too ingrained in people that this expansion could work IMO; the concept of whiteness of course has its visual aspect so there's really only so far you could take it. Jews and Italians were at least of European descent and have pale skin so incorporating them took little problem, but then again Filipinos were at one point classified by the government as white while at the same time Finns weren't so what do I know. Personally I think it's more likely that the idea of whiteness will be revamped into a cultural thing, i.e. "values" based in a way that could incorporate the emergent black middle class and "assimilated" hispanics, basically "one of the good ones" gone big time.

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      The CIA is already doing the "yay diversity" thing. They're gonna transition somewhat from just flat out white supremacy to American supremacy where the labor aristocracy or whatever looks down on the underclasses with contempt instead of it being a mostly white thing. Or maybe they won't.

      • Multihedra [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I’ve heard a few podcasts (Rev Left, and also Millennials are Killing Capitalism) interviewing Dylan Rodriguez, and he mentioned this idea of multicultural white supremacy. I don’t remember too many of the details at the moment, but they were both super good listens

        • star_wraith [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Yeah, white reactionaries will be more than happy to bring minorities into the fold so long as they don't challenge white supremacy. Happy to take their votes but don't want them buying houses in their neighborhoods.