Further toward the center, the politics of whiteness has disrupted
journalism and academia, with opposition to it coalescing around the
defense of free speech, an issue that has united right-wingers with
centrist liberals. The spectacle of American conservatives wringing
their hands about being unfairly profiled on the basis of race may seem
to an observer like watching a very drunk person trying to fit a key
into their front door—so close to getting it, this time!—but after four
years of Trumpism, even the most trusting establishment Democrat must
suspect that the Republican Party’s commitment to campus debate contains
an element of bad faith. Could the elevation of “cancel culture” from
irritation to existential threat be just a bit of business, a sleight of
hand to divert the free-expression crowd at this crucial moment, getting
them to punch left instead of right? Though some of the objections to
the politics of white privilege are clearly performative, there is
reason to be wary of this politics, particularly now that these ideas
are being refashioned by corporate America. Whiteness is a concept that
can be made to serve many interests and positions, not all of them
compatible.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/09/24/wages-of-whiteness/
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