Michael Scipio is a very thoughtful man I respect for his short introspective pieces spanning the great contradictions of American life. He is skilled at asking the right questions. This day, as a challenge to thought he asked questions against a photograph of white women and their men, who were Klansmen at a rally. He wrote:
"Exhibit umpteen hundred: We all experience social learning, but questions remain. Are these women being oppressed? Are they being unduly coerced against their will to participate, essentially rendering them victims of white patriarchy? Or do they have adequate agency, the ability to make good rational choices? Are they willing participants in advancing white supremacy? Who are the 53% of white women that voted for Trump? Will you please stand up and tell me how you really feel..."
Those are good questions, I answer, but they give these white women a way out of the equation. They don't get an out because in the 21st century apologizing has become the extend of 'understanding' or 'addressing' complex racial beliefs and the violence, which is the language of white supremacy. You can't remove these white women from either side because the benefits of the military branch of white conquest and domination is the Klan and other similar groups. They protect all white Americans. The new nuances of color politics are of no consideration.
Now the last question: "Who are the 53% of white women that voted for Trump?" That is the only question to weigh. We know the answers to the other ones. Our ancestors and parents taught us of the darker hue everything about white Americans, their practices and beliefs and how to have a chance to excel. If we wanted to simply exist there were always methods. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 10/16/17
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Klan members at the height of their violence.
What they are crying about? Don't give a damn!
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