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What I mean when I say ‘pro-black’

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But again, I do not speak for the black community as a whole. Although I am a part of this community, I am one voice of many, and the black community, like all communities, is not monolithic, but I'm going to do something a little bit nontraditional. You might say when I say the phrase pro black, take a second to identify and really try to focus on some implicit feelings or thoughts that come to your mind and just take a second and answer this

Talking about how we can uplift Blackness with a phrase, #problack #blm #blacklivesmatter

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@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 2:25
I had the thought the word binary came up, and then you said it shortly after I was thinking it. When you mentioned a reaction to pro, black is often defensive. Or there's this binary way of thinking about it. And I think for me it just feels obvious. If you're not problack, then you're not pro you. If there isn't. And by pro you, I mean the general you like. If I'm not pro black, then how can I love myself?
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@socialjustice

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Hey, Bowie. So, yeah, this is really interesting that you brought this up because I had I can't remember if I posted it just before or just after this post. But other be kind of feeling that you're talking about of, like, if I'm not pro black, then I'm not pro me or pro you or whatever
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@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 2:14

@socialjustice Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

And you may have already seen it or even started reading it, but it's called Cast The Origins of Our Discontent, and I'm about a quarter of the way through so far, and so much of it is just about the absurd creation of race and the way that she uses research and also comparing the caste system in India, to which she's arguing is a race based cast system in the United States is just incredible, and her writing is gorgeous and just such a powerful voice
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