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When the times change, they
change. Brexit was followed by Trump and both unleashed long and well-hidden
truths about the values people hold in their hearts. The nice name for these
values is populism. But in detail we've all seen an upsurge in nationalism,
racism, white supremacism, misogyny, religious extremism and intolerance, the
bold face of white privilege, the extreme vulnerability of Africa, and the ways
in which all have been institutionalised to maintain the rigged status quo.
No matter how many
cheesecake pics, landscapes and little bons mots of inspiration or criticism
we post, actions talk now and bullshit walks.
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Old behaviour won't fly
That's why the behaviour
that flew before won't fly anymore. I used to avoid embarrassing people over
their hypocrisy here and abroad. I used to almost try and manage or take
responsibility for the racial attitudes of others. All it did was normalize
toxic behaviour. That won't work anymore because I realise I infantilise those
who need to wake up to what THEIR behaviour and privileges mean for others and
for world peace. They can own their own coy supremacist, racist, xenophobic,
and misogynistic views themselves. I did not make them behave and think that way.
Their culture did, and its they who live it. I will take responsibility for what
I think and do, and my cross is heavy enough to bear without adding that of
others.
Owning their actions
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So those who are not mature
enough to deal with a person of my colour and race as a human being without
expecting me to be the instrument by which they prove themselves worthy by way
of their exclusions and privileges, will find they have no traction. They can
fix their low self-esteem by themselves. That's no more than I impose on
myself. You are NOT how I prove myself to be of worth.
We need new structures
And different associations
need to be formed to bypass the rigged systems that institutionalise
inequality. Of course, it won't be easy, because people who have gotten great
by oppressing minorities will likely not give up a rigged game without push back,
whether by denial, minimisation, or subtle obstruction.
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Times have changed and will
never be the same again. And if one person is writing this, be assured that
millions are thinking, even doing it, already...they just haven't told you.
Britannia and Uncle Sam, it was probably not your intention, but you
just kicked off a new way of life, a new level of being woke for many who
weren't before.
