Thread by @ReaganGomez

Women & White Supremacy. #StuffMomNeverToldYou itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/stu…

In the 1920’s, the hey day of the KKK, White women had their own autonomous arm of the KKK called the WKKK.

“...when we say look @ the role of WW n ws & racism n this country is that, it’s a system wide issue. Not just cross burnings. It’s woven n2 society & wmn r apart of society & if we’re not acknwlgng the role wmn play then we’re not acknwlgng it’s woven n2 the fabric of society.”

I’m paraphrasing for space but this ep is really interesting. Gender tropes have often been used to erase WW from the white supremacist violence that has taken place in this country. The “gentle, loving, center of the family, caring, non-violent” tropes that we know are not true.

Can they be true? Sure. But we ONLY place those tropes on women. Women are just as complicated as men. We know men can be loving as well but we understand, as a group, men can be dangerous. We don’t view women that way (as a society) & in the context of white supremacy/racism...

...that refusal to acknowledge the role WW played & continue to play is still a huge problem. It’s why when people group “Women AND POC” as if we vote for the same things, it’s not true. Unless we’re talking about misogyny, we knw (for the most part) that race plays a role in...

...the way men view policy. We’re not suprised that wm think about things diff than bm & moc. But WW (as a group) have been allowed to be included with “minorities” & “POCs” when the numbers show, as a group, WW are just as conservative as WM. Not to mention, BW/WOC are ...

...completely erased from these convos. Kind of how folks on the right hate affirmative action, but ww are the people who benefit the most.

There are so many intersections of white supremacy. Like we all know the Gop is the party of the rich, yet most of their voters are not rich & never will be. They’re voting for policies that have always & will continue to hurt them. But...whiteness is more important. Same...

...with WW. That’s why someone like Tammi Loraine can spew the hate she does, but then come out & say she doesn’t want WM telling HER she can’t have abortion access. It’s so transparent. Whiteness is always more important.

“It’s really tempting to look at the pictures of the WKKK & be focused on that but what we really have to remember is, when the WKKK ended, the wmn who were active went back into the school board & were apart of local & national politics. That’s important as well.”

HELLO SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE 🙃

Anyway, this is a good ep.

Oh shit, they’re going into the Women’s Suffrage movement.

“It was kind of a weird form of feminism.” Mmmmmmhmmmm

The “family values” language was directly from the WKKK & is still being used today. WKKK & it’s members were masters at more...palatable racism. Ideology focused on...family. Security. Education. Don’t you want YOUR family safe? You can see why it still works.

Folks can say, “it’s not like I’m burning a cross or doing Nazi salutes, I’m worried about my family. My children.” It just so happens that the ✌🏾threat✌🏾these folks are so worried about has been the same for the last 500yrs.

Oh hello gentrification.

“What u saw them organizing around was, free speech. They’re making it about something everyone can get around. It’s a right we can all defend. A smart pr move. The right have done a good job of packaging their abhorrent messaging into something more appealing to everyone.”

Thinks back to countless progressives defending a bigots right to free speech. That good old ‘slippery slope’ argument. Lol.

S/O to @rissaoftheway on this ep talking about #SafteyPinBox .