…erson you feel sad for them cause they can’t see past skin color to get at humanity is the problem. The expectation that black (and native) folks must always see the humanity in others why our humanity is glossed over or stomp on is PEAK whiteness. The condescending tone of “I feel sad for you” in the wake of a case where a white blonde woman was…
Most white people are not truly mourning Justine. Most of white people are mourning what the killing of Justine means: That Whiteness isn’t guaranteed to protect them and, in the blink of an eye, they can find themselves in the same plight as black people, which they thought the promise of Whiteness was supposed to prevent.