Racist hegemony or control can be subtle, baseless but powerful.
A major tool is the subliminally-accepted, perceptional, racial rhetoric used to describe proclivities and explanations for certain types of deviant or abhorrent behavior as it relates to the myriad of folks of color compared with that of Whites.
Take the statement in the title of this post . . .
For years, I have heard blacks and other folks of color say or express some version of this sentiment:
A major tool is the subliminally-accepted, perceptional, racial rhetoric used to describe proclivities and explanations for certain types of deviant or abhorrent behavior as it relates to the myriad of folks of color compared with that of Whites.
Take the statement in the title of this post . . .
For years, I have heard blacks and other folks of color say or express some version of this sentiment:
"Oh man! Why did those idiots have to go do that!? They're going to make the rest of us look bad . . .!"
This is an impugned burden of 'control' over your fellow human being, even complete strangers, that is impossible to achieve. For that matter it's uproariously ridiculous to even attempt it.
