eshusplayground: makeromeojealous: criticalfeministcorgi: [head of a corgi on alternating pink and blue background, text above reads, “White Feminists: Jane Elliott made that girl cry! What if she was abused?” bottom text reads, “New theory: what if she’s just racist?”] submitted by thegreatbabbu Jane Elliott’s Angry Eye video has been circulating Tumblr and white Feminists are coming out of the woodwork in droves to make up an excuse for one white woman’s racist tears but not to apologize for the tears of the WoC who were also part of the exercise. also, the “what if she’d been abused” thing doesn’t really work as an argument when they were all warned beforehand that the exercise would be stressful and those of a nervous disposition should avoid signing up. that said, we shouldn’t make the assumption she’s racist just because being screamed at and called stupid upset her (i’m not defending her, just saying it’s perfectly rational for someone who’s clearly never been exposed to that sort of treatment to have a strong emotional reaction). Sooooo does this mean that it’s OK when this happens to women of color since by then we should be used to it? Why is it so hard for people to not focus so much on that White woman (she’s NOT a girl - she’s a college student and presumably a legal adult) and instead put themselves in the position of women of color who’ve been treated the exact same way when they were MUCH younger than this?
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[head of a corgi on alternating pink and blue background, text above reads, “White Feminists: Jane Elliott made that girl cry! What if she was abused?” bottom text reads, “New theory: what if she’s just racist?”]

submitted by thegreatbabbu

Jane Elliott’s Angry Eye video has been circulating Tumblr and white Feminists are coming out of the woodwork in droves to make up an excuse for one white woman’s racist tears but not to apologize for the tears of the WoC who were also part of the exercise.

also, the “what if she’d been abused” thing doesn’t really work as an argument when they were all warned beforehand that the exercise would be stressful and those of a nervous disposition should avoid signing up. that said, we shouldn’t make the assumption she’s racist just because being screamed at and called stupid upset her (i’m not defending her, just saying it’s perfectly rational for someone who’s clearly never been exposed to that sort of treatment to have a strong emotional reaction).

Sooooo does this mean that it’s OK when this happens to women of color since by then we should be used to it?

Why is it so hard for people to not focus so much on that White woman (she’s NOT a girl - she’s a college student and presumably a legal adult) and instead put themselves in the position of women of color who’ve been treated the exact same way when they were MUCH younger than this?

(via karnythia)

Source: criticalfeministcorgi

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  10. atrapforfools reblogged this from private-revolution and added:
    this is exactly what i’m trying to say!
  11. fuzzybagels reblogged this from banana-bruises and added:
    also she endured what POC deal with daily for only maybe 30 minutes give me a break people of color do not get to sign...
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  18. modernistwitch reblogged this from katydidnot and added:
    Rebloggin’ for good points/conversation. There is no definitive answer given as far as I know as to why she was crying,...
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  20. silentpunk reblogged this from modernistwitch and added:
    I don’t think that’s why she cried tbh. It’s nice and neat for people to think ‘wow that bitch must be crying out all...
  21. katydidnot reblogged this from modernistwitch and added:
    being yelled at (coming from someone who freaks out nearly-involuntarily when yelled at by authority figures)
  22. katydidnot reblogged this from modernistwitch and added:
    i’m really confused about all this emphasis on that one girl crying, though. i don’t think it makes her...
  23. modernistwitch reblogged this from silentpunk and added:
    Who said anything about punishing anyone? The video is about discrimination and social systems of oppression, not about...
  24. silentpunk reblogged this from modernistwitch and added:
    I am so confused, why do people think she was crying ‘because she was racist’? I mean maybe she was but I just don’t...
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    Besides the awfulness detailed above: The idea that being called out on your racism is somehow the same thing as...