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In these days of global #BlackLivesMatter protests and #juneteenth celebrations, I #amReading Stowasser’s German book #Anarchie! about the history of #anarchy.
And boy does it feel off how _white_ anarchism is supposed to be:
• #Bakunin – white;
• #Proudhon – white;
• #EmmaGoldman – white;
Am I supposed to believe that a movement of freedom and equality for all mankind has never appealed to Black folks?
Luckily, this Black Anarchism Reader filled in some blanks:
https://blackrosefed.org/black-anarchism-a-reader/
This is such an important reminder for me as a _white_ person: to never rest assured that I got this inner racism problem figured out.
Because if even anarchist scholars – who are passionate proponents of equality and usually highly sensitive to unjust power dynamics – are haunted by white supremacist structures as big as the Marshmalllow Man, I better shut the fuck up and start listening.
#racism #whiteness #blm #blacklivesmatter #anarchy