Seems better to point at landlords, banks, policies, and other systemic factors
Sure. But they're not operating independently of a popular movement defending their behavior. The system is necessarily a product of the working people. Landlords and bankers are just the most notable beneficiaries.
Using “the problem of white people” as shorthand is sloppy and plays right into reactionary grievance politics.
Describing the ideology of "whiteness" is a necessary part of confronting it. Reactionaries have a glib response to everything, and you're just as likely going to find a Black Isrealite pouncing on you for ignoring whiteness as you are a Ben Shapiro type lampooning you for acknowledging it.
Its helpful to recognize white supremacy as an ideology, rather than a state of nature. But there's nothing to be gained by pretending it doesn't exist as a rhetorical strategy.
Sure. But they're not operating independently of a popular movement defending their behavior. The system is necessarily a product of the working people. Landlords and bankers are just the most notable beneficiaries.
Describing the ideology of "whiteness" is a necessary part of confronting it. Reactionaries have a glib response to everything, and you're just as likely going to find a Black Isrealite pouncing on you for ignoring whiteness as you are a Ben Shapiro type lampooning you for acknowledging it.
Its helpful to recognize white supremacy as an ideology, rather than a state of nature. But there's nothing to be gained by pretending it doesn't exist as a rhetorical strategy.