Posted on 09/06/2017 10:07:56 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Social justice advocates, licensed social workers, an organizations are sharing a “racism scale” claiming that unless white people are willing to risk their safety and freedom for minorities, they're apparently racists.
The “racism scale” Weebly page, created by social justice activist and Represent Maryland PAC chapter leader Cristi Demnowicz, allegedly helps people “identify” their own biases and “help[s] others explore theirs.”
The scale, which has five different iterations, asks readers where they “fall” on a scale of racism. In the most recent version, people can fall anywhere on a scale from “terrorism,” “overt racism,” “subconscious racism,” “indifference,” and “allyship” and “abolitionist”:
“Overt racism” is apparently believing that “whites are under attack/will be minorities soon.”
“Subconscious racism” includes using words like “thugs.”
“Denial,” another form of racism, involves saying “I don’t see color” or “Racism no longer exists.” Even believing that “there is only 1 race, the human race” is suspect.
In each version of the chart, more forms of racism are added and adapted. Even in the simplest version, however, a form of “allyship” — later called being an “abolitionist” — is when people are willing to “put [their] safety, health & freedom on the line to fight for POC. I will let them lead and not try to be at the center.”
On the website, Demnowicz writes that her charts may be used by “educators, activists and social justice advocates” as long as they’re only used “in a positive and constructive manner.” When posted by Demnowicz's sister, it has since gone viral:
In a Medium piece, April Harter, a licensed clinical social worker at Harter Healing, LLC, used the racism scale to explain how to help people work through their “mental illness” of racism.
According to Harter, “Racism is complex in scope because it is both a mental illness and a value. In other words, it is a valued, sheltered, and protected mental illness. One might even say it has been incubated and allowed to fester throughout the course of American history.”
She continued, “Mental illnesses are health conditions involving changes in thinking, emotion or behavior (or a combination of these). Racism meets those criteria.”
She encourages people to read the racism scale to determine where they fall before determining if they should meet with a psychotherapist to discuss how to get over their “disease” of racism.
The scale was also adapted in a video by the Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services
White is the New Black.
Another desperate attempt to keep the race industry alive.
Cancel all welfare and all the free stuff. Then these people would have to get a job and no time left to complain.
As a taxpayer I fee oppressed when I see grocery carts filled to tHE brim with stuff I can’t afford to eat and someone getting it free. I see people buying a pack of gum and getting $20. cash off their cards to buy cigs. THIS IS WRONG!
” IF nobody reacted to any of these SJW racial “causes”, there’d be nothing for the media to report relative to SJW’s.
The SJW’s wouldn’t get their 15 seconds of fame, and the World would be a better place.”
As long as there is money to be made in poverty pimping this stirring up of racism will continue. And its a useful poliical weapon. There wasn’t much going on for decades until Obama came along. Now we are back to square one...the 1960’s. Best thing to do is ignore and be scornful of the agitators.
“I think democrats like to create racism where there was none in order to keep POC voting for Democrats”
Exactly. Confederate statues have been dormant since 1865 until these filthy bastards created a crisis out of nothing. Just like they do with other non- issues...”assault weapons”, global warming, AIDS in normal people,the opiod epidemic, Ebola, Russian collusion,and on and on. All to stir the pot for political gain.Filthy democrat bastards.
“This is not a “scale”. It’s a playbook”
People make a living dreaming up this kind of bull shit
So much crap.
Confusing jumble.
“I will make space for POC”.
I always make space for anyone walking by on the sidewalk regardless of color, I guess that makes puts me in the good category?
Notice how the worst part of the scale is white and the best part is black?
No, you can’t make space for white people or cops. That would be like “All lives matter.” O’Malley got in trouble for saying that and had to apologize.
The more that they push stories like this, the more they shove voters away from the Left. Keep ‘em coming, folks!!!
“I always make space for anyone walking by on the sidewalk regardless of color...”
I do the same. I can’t be bothered.
“No, you can’t make space for white people or cops.”
The least amount of interaction with any strangers, the better.
I think, on that scale, I fall somewhere between “Bite Me” and “GFYourself”....
“...always make space for anyone walking by...”
I don’t, unless it’s elderly folk.
I pay taxes for those sidewalks. Whatever little portion I’m standing or walking on is mine at that moment.
Just the way it is. :^)
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