jaycee
Well-Known Member
But the idea that people are inherently evil and must be policed comes a lot from Christian belief systems--the same ones used to justify colonialism, whiteness, genocide, manifest destiny.
Holy shit! Sorry I'm excited. Thank you so much for everything you posted (always ) but I want to focus in on this quote. I think this is something that is not obvious to most people but is at the root of inequity and oppression, at least in the Western Christian world. The ingrained perception of superiority that comes with the embodiment of God in the form of a white male has absolutely driven the concepts of race, whiteness, manifest destiny, 3/5 of a man, etc., and continues to drive and influence all of our institutions whether they be political, economic, or social.
I'm not really educated about any of it, but these are just thought I've had and in this moment where anxiety is even more of a challenge than usual you helped me to feel less.