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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“ What’s really happening right now is not about Tourette’s. This ain’t about a neurological tic. It’s about protecting whiteness. It’s about what jumps into formation the second whiteness feels exposed. What we’re witnessing is the full machinery revving up. The sympathy. The soft language. The “let’s be fair.” The calls for compassion. The think pieces. The tone policing. The accusations of ableism. All to make sure the spotlight moves off the rot and back onto our reaction.

Because the real crisis, in their eyes, isn’t that the word came out of that white man’s mouth three times in the same night. It’s that we’re refusing to pretend like it didn’t mean anything. That’s what they’re protecting. Not a diagnosis. A narrative. The narrative that racism is rare. That it is located elsewhere in something more extreme. That it is accidental. A glitch. Not a feature and not part of who they are.”

https://newsone.com/6850861/black-people-dont-have-accept-john-davidson-apology/#comments

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Nailed it!

Thank you for posting this — and including the link with the full article.

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It's funny (but not humorous) how SOME White people continously do a lot of mental gymnastics to tell Black people how they should feel about that hearing that word. How can you in good faith offer empathy to Mr. Davison while also arguing that if black folks are in any way bothered by the outbursts and express being bothered, then they just don't understand the condition enough?

The willingness to completely disregard the feelings of Black people on this situation by thinking that Mr. Davison doesn't owe a bit of accountability is very telling.  [/quote]

I don’t think (most) people are saying Black people (or anyone really) should not be bothered by the language used. They are saying it’s unfair to subscribe a bad intent to an involuntary act.

I found both these videos enlightening, given both are from Black individuals with Tourette’s.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVHrLAFjXFm/?igsh=MTZqejN6Zmh4bG50YQ==

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVFQ_8qgHlk/?igsh=MWRqZXNjeXQzazFqMw==
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The same way people in this thread are unfairly saying Davidson intended his outburst, people in this thread are unfairly saying Black people should ignore the feelings experienced by hearing that word in that setting. [/quote]

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