Does White Supremacy Rule The World?
By: Rebecca Stevens A.
Tags: White Supremacy, BlackLivesMatter, White Privilege, Racism, Anti Racism

In analyzing the inflammatory feedback I’ve received, I’ve mapped out these profiles and did research into what motivates them to systematically go on the offensive when one tries to educate about racism. I mean, why do they even read my articles if racism is pure fantasy to them?

It turns out that they all to some extent, consciously or unconsciously serve the interests of white supremacy. I would expect this from white nationalist groups for sure, but what is more perplexing to me, is to encounter black people who deny or don’t see racism at all. They might not know this, but their very denial upholds and maintains the power structures that keep white supremacy in place. Let me describe these profiles:

Outright racists

These are people who post heinous comments to my articles and social media posts. They’ll use racial slurs, the n-word, the b-word, and tell me that I am inferior because I am a black woman. I am served an all you can eat buffet of misogynoir with this group.

As a sociologist, I wonder if these people were ever educated or socialized properly. They tend to have no decency, no moral boundaries. Maybe this is why Trump appealed to them so much. Birds of the same feather flock together.

I might surprise you, but I tend to have some form of respect for this group. These are people that are overtly racist and they let you know it. They are not closet racists or sneaky hypocrites who’ll smile at you one minute and vote for Trump the next.

For me, that’s a good thing because you actually know where you stand with them. They’ll directly or indirectly harm you with their words and/or actions if they had a chance — but at least you know that and you avoid them at all costs. Few of these people will ever change — they were born and bred into racism, most of them are a lost cause. These people come in all ethnicities and are not always white.

Hardcore white supremacists

They are fundamentally convinced that the aim of all black and brown people is to replace the white race. So they will do everything to increase the numbers of white people in the world — which helps understand why they are often pro-life advocates and are staunchly against abortion of specifically white fetuses. The reality is that they don’t really care if black or brown women have abortions, all that matters to them is the viable white embryo.

When you research these groups you realize how determined they are to preserve a pure white race — absolutely no racial mixing allowed. It seems that in a global world where human beings move around and interact a lot, people will mix. In fact, data shows that in 2050, 80 percent of people in the US will be some shade of brown.

For me, white supremacists belong to a dinosaur era that is fading fast. They hate to hear this. The reality is that they are still trying to hold on to the time when white people dominated the world. Already today, that is no longer the case. White supremacists are bound for extinction, it’s just a matter of time.

Internalized racist black people

The third category that I have extensively researched are black and brown people that say that racism doesn’t exist. They berate me for writing about my experiences with racism and my attempts to explain how white privilege negatively impacts the lives of black and brown people.

A Harvard Business Review study I came across shows that this denial is symptomatic of internalized racism. Basically, black people come to accept and agree that white people are superior to them. They are racist to other black people and get validation from white supremacists for doing so. These brainwashed black people are the staunchest critics of my anti-racism work. Their motherboard has been infiltrated by white supremacy.

Contrary to outright racists and white supremacists, one doesn’t usually see them coming. They cast doubt on the very existence of racism and go so far as to reassure white people that society is good as is and that no changes are needed. From my perspective, these individuals are dangerous — because they deny a proven social construct — racism — that has caused the deaths of so many black and brown people around the world for centuries.

I sometimes want to shake these people. If there was no racism in the world, how can they justify the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism, apartheid, the Klan, police brutality? By denying racism, they deny the reason behind the unjustifiable deaths of so many black and brown people over time.

I do envisage that internalized racist black individuals may never have faced racism in their lives — that is indeed a possibility, but they shouldn’t infer that because it hasn’t happened to them, it hasn’t happened to anyone else.