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Pretty_Garbage8380 t1_je0by42 wrote

Reply to comment by Rottimer in NYC teachers union’s workshop on ‘harmful effects of whiteness’ canceled after influx of ‘hate’ by someone_whoisthat

Can you give me a definition of "Whiteness" that isn't racist?

Because, so far, what I have seen from "Progressives" about the topic of "Whiteness" is that it includes concepts like "Meritocracy," "Punctuality," and "Doing Math correctly."

Is it "Progressives" understanding that these are not Human traits, but only tied to "Whiteness?" How is that not racist?

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Rottimer t1_je0d9k8 wrote

I’m going directly by how the workshop description defines it:

>Whiteness and white racialized identity refer to the way that white people, their customs, culture, beliefs operate as the standard by which all other groups are compared. Whiteness is at the core of understanding race in America. Whiteness and the normalization of white racial identity throughout America’s history have created a culture where nonwhite persons are seen as inferior or abnormal.

Anyone that has ever made the argument that poor Irish and Italian immigrants weren’t considered white when they immigrated to this country en masse at the end of the 19th century logically believes how this woman defined “Whiteness.” This isn’t a racist definition.

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