"White Rage"

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According to Anderson, white rage is legitimatized through the policies that make up the American political framework. It lives in voter ID laws and manifests in the Black votes that are never cast. It lives in criminal sentencing laws and plays out in a war on drugs that was waged against Black people. It is the rage that fueled the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6 in an attempt to dismantle America’s multicultural democracy — and it hasn’t gone away.

“White rage is the operational function of white supremacy. It is the fear of a multicultural democracy. It is predicated on a sense that only whites are legitimate Americans,” Anderson told me. -Vox.com

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I only recently heard this expression and it was on the news. I don't remember in what context it was used but I looked it up and it's the title of this book.

Has anyone read this book? What are people hearing about this term and what it means? I just got hip to this term so I haven't formed an opinion yet. I'm sure others have.
Does this mean that 80% of black folks have "white rage" because they support voter id laws?
 
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And rights, you never had to fight for them here in America, basic human and civil rights?

I mean no offense, but the more you make statements like this, the more I realize how really little you know.
 
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Does this mean that 80% of black folks have "white rage" because they support voter id laws?


shhhh..... you are not supposed to bring that up.
 
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Or... "white rage" could simply be the natural human response to an all-out, concerted attack against white people from all sides (mostly black and unanimously left wing) - for supposed "crimes" they didn't commit, don't condone, and dare not deny.
Me: "Hello, my name is Oompa Loompa. I am black and I have white rage."
White rage recovery class: "HI Oompa Loompa."
 
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All races can be victims, and your point applies to all. Words like uppity and the "N" word was used for generations when black people "talked back" or had an opposite opinion from their "detractors". Now the shoe is on the other foot, and it generates rage, resentment, and hatred. This should not be.
Fact...I have been called an "uppity n-word" because I talked back or had an opposite opinion from white democrats because I opposed their policies. Nothing has changed.
 
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It's all about creating the bogeyman, if you look at conservative media, it's always been about white identity politics and contributing to the rage machine. Here are a few things the white rage machine has pushed in the last six months (i.e., they've been drumming up rage since Biden's inauguration because they hope to ride this wave to electoral success next year):
  • The "border crisis": Non-white people coming for your jobs or coming to the US to commit crimes
  • Voter ID: Non-white people in large cities are stealing your political voice
  • Cancel culture: Saying racist things threatens your job, but you are simply speaking the "truth"
  • Wokeness: White people are being forced to change their views of non-white people
  • Critical Race Theory: Argggh! I don't even know what it is, but I describe it as non-white people beating up white people while saying that all white people are racist (NOTE: it does not say that)
I haven't read "White Rage" yet, but I was planning on reading it soon. My favorite is actually "Racism Without Racists" by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva.
Yet the book is itself creating a "bogeyman" of white people. Nice.
 
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We are all just playing into the devil's hands, aren't we? Us against them. That's not what Jesus sees when He looks at His body here on earth. By this we shall be known as His disciples: that we have love for one another.

But I'm sure it's much better to keep reinforcing the divide. It's all the other side's fault.

The devil has been tricking us into sinning since the garden of Eden. We as Christians should be the examples of having learnt not to play into his hands and helping him to fuel the fire.
By "the Devil" you are referring to the Democratic Party, yes we all are falling into their hands. Democrats thrive in division. So when there isn't any, they must manufacture it.
 
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This forum is maybe a third identity politics now. To me it gets old. It doesn't matter if someone makes a great argument because you can't change your skin color and the media will never stop baiting people based on race. I wonder if there is a Christian forum with good traffic where race isn't a constant topic.
 
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How about if you read the link, and use that information to answer my question.
P.S I noticed you are not from the United States. Perhaps such racism exists in your country; but I doubt it exists in the US.

I'm sorry. It's your responsiblity to educate yourself. You only need to dip into the articles briefly to find plenty of evidence.

https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/at-the-edge/2015/05/06/institutional-racism-is-our-way-of-life

The situation is much worse in America.
 
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This forum is maybe a third identity politics now. To me it gets old. It doesn't matter if someone makes a great argument because you can't change your skin color and the media will never stop baiting people based on race. I wonder if there is a Christian forum with good traffic where race isn't a constant topic.
Try the General Theology Forum here. This one is American Politics. :)
 
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I mean no offense, but the more you make statements like this, the more I realize how really little you know.

You mean no offense, and yet that's one of the most offensive comments I've seen on the forum thus far.
 
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This forum is maybe a third identity politics now. To me it gets old. It doesn't matter if someone makes a great argument because you can't change your skin color and the media will never stop baiting people based on race. I wonder if there is a Christian forum with good traffic where race isn't a constant topic.
It isn't the media. Speak to black people. Their experiences speak volumes. Most young black men grow up with a keen awareness of racism. White women crossing the street, clutching handbags, teachers laughing in their face, constant harassment, missed promotions, exclusion from workplace hierarchies, segregation within the church (the apparent safe place), the constant stream of images proclaiming white beauty. They grow up knowing that , in relation to whiteness, blackness represents the 'other' and inferiority.


The church should be holding the reins and leading the charge against racism. For some reason the church is determined to shut eyes and plug ears on the issue. No. Worse, the church is actively attacking those who work to combat racism.
 
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he church should be holding the reins and leading the charge against racism. For some reason the church is determined to shut eyes and plug ears on the issue. No. Worse, the church is actively attacking those who work to combat racism.
QFT
 
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Ah yes. I neglected to mention that perhaps the ultimate display of racism is the refusal to accept the validity of the experience of millions of black people.It's a grave insult. "What you experience. What you feel. Your account. These things have no value. We set the narrative. We write the agenda"
 
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Does anyone feel like their culture is being squeezed out by multiculturalism? I guess the book says that is one cause of white rage.

I agree. Not all by any means, but there's an element of white people who feel threatened by cultural change. But all societies evolve. It's inevitable. And in the modern world, such change occurs rapidly. Sometime in the last half of this century, white people of European ancestry--of which I am one--will no longer comprise a majority of the US population. We'll still be a plurality. But those of other ethnicities, when added together, will outnumber us. That doesn't bother me. I'm an optimist. I choose to believe that most everyone--regardless of race or ancestry--are persons of good will. And the "better angels of our nature" will prevail.
 
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You mean no offense, and yet that's one of the most offensive comments I've seen on the forum thus far.

I was not addressing you. Did you think I was, or are you taking offense for someone who wasn't offended?
 
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