There are numerous aggravating hypocrisies that permeate our culture, such as right-wingers using the word “Orwellian” to refer to anything they don’t like, even if it has nothing to do with Orwell’s theories.
However, using doublespeak to espouse doublespeak is not as egregious as claiming victimhood in order to maintain power.
Yes, “many White conservatives roll their eyes when Black people claim that systemic racism exists,” yet these same individuals “have steadily built a legal and political movement that claims White people are the primary victims of covert forms of racism embedded in American institutions.”
It’s a nifty trick. Racism doesn’t exist, except whenever White people feel they’re not in charge as God intended.
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