A pair of Indian-American boys reported attacked African-Americans girls at a New Jersey high school football game, and according to Dr. Nell Irvin Painter, author of “The History of White People,” in the New York Times, the boys were “enacting American whiteness” and showing how “race is something we perform,” not just something related to the color of our skin.
In short, the Indian-American boys were guilty of white supremacism in acting out white culture.
It reminds us of how George Zimmerman was termed a “white Hispanic” in the New York Times.
A pair of Indian-American boys attacked African-American girls in New Jersey.
According to a NYT op-ed, that was "enacting American whiteness," proves that "whiteness evolves" & race is not a matter of "blood or the color of our our skin." https://t.co/wxgL2XIwdq pic.twitter.com/8fKb57v305
— Halloween Name Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) October 26, 2019
“In the New Jersey incident, the heritage or skin color of the boys suspected of the assault doesn’t matter,” Painter explains. “What matters is that they were participating in this pattern and thus enacting whiteness in a very traditional way.”
Welcome to the club, Indian dudes, we're doing pumpkins and flannel right now
— Halloween Name Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) October 26, 2019
uh. What, y'all? What? White.. I mean what??
— Caleb Howl (@CalebHowe) October 26, 2019
Non-white people attacking non-white people is enacting whiteness? ?
— Freedom Recon (@FreedomRecon) October 26, 2019
Precisely.
I guess that means the Indian community has become so successful that any inappropriate action just shows they’re evil white supremacists?
— Loren (@LorenSethC) October 26, 2019
“Alexa, what is having it both ways?”
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) October 26, 2019
NYT channeling their inner "white Hispanic"
— Chris Hynes (@realchrishynes) October 26, 2019
"Unexpected cast of characters." Because non-white parts of the world are famously nonviolent.
— trick-or-treater (@neontaster) October 26, 2019
White supremacy: Is there anything it can't do?
— Huell Babineaux did nothing wrong (@jtLOL) October 26, 2019
I’m white and I’m not even mad, that was impressive, and creative, as hell to bring white people into that equation.
— Steve Irwin (@_Sirwin) October 26, 2019
gymnastics the likes of which we rarely see from anyone but Simone Biles
— Rani La Sorcière ~ Science Skeptic ? (@MilitaryRosary) October 26, 2019
Race is now a social construct. Elizabeth Warren was way ahead of the curve.
— William Keaton (@Script_Samurai) October 26, 2019
The scary part is someone approved this before publishing it.
— Johnald Trump (@MackayAlvin) October 26, 2019
This is tragically hilarious
— Kung-fu: The Legend Continues (@jon38218117) October 26, 2019
The NYT has just made the term “white supremacy” utterly meaningless. https://t.co/8lIHt3ShRg
— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) October 26, 2019
That’s some rigorous scholarship
— Blooshier (@Blooshier) October 26, 2019
Everyone who isn't black is a white supremacist.
— Friendly Neighborhood Crazee™? (@Crazizzle) October 26, 2019
Unreal.
— The Cheese (@thecheesefeed) October 26, 2019
Wow, that’s quite a reach!
— Jerry Pringle (@gepringle) October 26, 2019
Whiteness now comes in multiple colors.
— David Gardner (@deltadawg79) October 26, 2019
And the stupidity expands.
— Brady Hiatt (@BradyHiatt7) October 26, 2019
I’m so confused now
— Beth (@_lizabethann) October 26, 2019
Lmao “instead of approaching this honestly, I will climb onto my giant clown bicycle and peddle around in a circle, honking my nose, which is what I do for work, professionally”
— Unelected bureaucrat (@CEOSalesforce) October 26, 2019
When your only tool is the racism hammer…
— St. James (@james_hunt) October 26, 2019
WTF? ???
— RamboJournalist (@JournalistRambo) October 26, 2019
So words mean nothing.
— Velvet Alpha Spartacus (in Swahili) (@TMIWITW) October 26, 2019
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