The latest malady attributed to those of pale hue: ‘deflective whiteness’- Phenomenon involves ‘claims of white victimhood [and] appropriation of social justice rhetoric’
"...Hannah Noel — or Hannah Haynes according to her Linkedin and college faculty profiles —
told The Berkshire Eagle that
deflective whiteness is white people claiming
“aggrieved social status” and
“victimhood” based on things such as
worries about demographic displacement.
- The 2017 Charlottesville, Virginia rally is an example, according to Noel: The protesting white supremacists allegedly “were able to protest, not fear police violence, claim space, and do so in a relatively confrontational way, was demonstrating the privileges of their whiteness.”
- In her home of Massachusetts, Noel said deflective whiteness can be seen in whites’ refusal to acknowledge their “appropriation of indigenous imagery.”...
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