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In my book, I wrote about research into what is called the "minority collusion" belief. bsky.app/profile/volt...

For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.

worker bee

@bjmarquez.bsky.social

8 Sept

I remember “learning” in AP US History that there would soon be, instead of a white majority, a “minority majority”. My teacher (who said a lot of racist stuff) straightforwardly said all minorities would together comprise a majority and therefore whites would be “the” only minority left 👀

Philip Bump

@pbump.com

yeeeesh

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worker bee

@bjmarquez.bsky.social

8 Sept

TBF he fancied himself Socratic and would sometimes pose sarcastic questions, phrase things to challenge us; he could have been doing a bit at any given time 🤷🏻‍♀️ but I have a feeling he was receptive to this belief He also told us that the definition of a moderate/centrist was “what’s in it for me”