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As a black person who went through a huge internalized racism arc, when I ventured into leftist spaces that said stuff like "Fuck white people.", I got enraged and responded with something along the lines of "As a black person, that's totally fucked up! This is the opposite of what MLK promoted!'.
I got laughed at and called a "bootlicker", all while thinking I was some cool, grandiose, and righteous figure in this context.
Boy, do times change or what!?
I used to get upset at white people for that too. Because a white person saying "fuck {a particular race}" reminded me of them doing it about my race in a post-9/11 world and it was uncomfortable. It actually took more educated white leftists to explain why the power dynamics make "fuck white people" vastly different from their "fuck minorities" stance.