This is nothing new.
I heard an interesting lecture recently, where the speaker posited that race wasn’t a point of identity for CENTURIES. Wealth, caste, nationality, class…THAT was how people identified.
For example, for a LONG time in Europe, nobody thought about being white…they were French, British, German or whatever national identify was in fashion. Within a country, they were upper class, middle class, lower class, etc.
The fighting, rioting, wars….was along those dimensions. They were all white, but nobody cared. Indeed, that sentiment was well-captured in Blazing Saddles.
The lecturer posited that it wasn’t until the aristocracy and “the betters” realized they were outnumbered by the Little People, that they weaponized race. “Hey, all you grubby filthy people who want to kill me and pillage my wealth…don’t do that - you’re white, just like me! It’s the _____ that you want to hate.”
It’s a good theory, and I need to do some investigation. But anecdotally, it seems accurate. Indeed, I see scores of normally rational people since 2020 getting all riled up when some race-baiter makes an asinine comment. My white brethren take the bait, and Satan laughing spreads his wings.
Taking a hint from the lecturer, the identification by race should be revealed for what it is…and by WHOM it’s being weaponized.
