• Teekeeus [comrade/them]
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    2 months ago

    downplay racism by parading their POC loved ones

    common for whites to view "befriending" or marrying token nonwhite people as an act of colonial/imperial domination while simultaneously trying to cynically use their "loved one" as a shield

    obviously the most toxic of dynamics are at play within such relationships

    • GlueBear [they/them, comrade/them]
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      2 months ago

      I want to learn more about this dynamic from an academic point of view. This has to have a formal name, I've experienced it myself (though I have never had the gall to tell those people that I see through them) so many times.