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Why in The F*** Does Cooning Exist?
An Examination of Black Self-Hate, Community Sabotage and Opportunity in a Culture of White Supremacy
Racism on Borrowed Time
I remember talking to a white friend, a toxic liberal, who acted like he might one day warm up to logic, reason, and justice, about racism. To no surprise, he with his white self was more interested in the idea of black people being racist. “You don’t think that black people can be racist too?” he stated, in a matter-of-fact sense. He was a bit shocked at my response:
“Yes, of course black people can be racist. Have you ever heard of David Clarke?”
Needless to say, he wasn’t ready for that one.
Most sociology scholars claim that black folk cannot be racist, they are only thinking in the direction of the reverse, and that is correct. I on the other hand always sleep with an eye open, so I always maintained that black people can be racist — only towards other blacks, that is.
When it comes to white supremacy, white supremacists and the rest of the alt-right have a lot of help. You don’t have to be a black abolitionist writer/speaker photojournalist to find frustration when it comes to witnessing a black person use all their talents to oppose black…
