vainglory

"White" is a social construct created by white supremacy to mark who is and is not part of the "correct" demographic. Many ethnic groups we now consider white, such as people of Irish and Italian descent, were not previously included and have since been (mostly) assimilated.

While many Jews could individually be considered white, Jews as a whole are an ethnoreligious group that has not been assimilated into whiteness. They are the subject of a lot of bigotry and frequently violently targeted by white supremacists, who generally believe Jews are a threat to the "white race". There's a reason neo-Nazis are the figurehead of violent racists; you cannot fully understand white supremacy without also understanding antisemitism!

If you aren't familiar with antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories (such as the one linked above), I recommend reading through some of these:

Brief explanation of antisemitism & overview of stereotypes:

Explanation of antisemitism in imagery & social media:

https://www.philaholocaustmemorial.org/learn-explore/antisemitism-explained/

General list:

Antisemitism in the US:

Screenshot via Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net on bluesky

Tldr Amnesty International, global human rights organisation, published a report called 'A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK'. In it is detailed, amongst others, a whole bunch of transphobic groups and organisations, including Beira's Place, JK Rowling's trans exclusionary sexual violence support service. JK Rowling threw a shit fit and got Amnesty to take the report down by threatening libel. This was obviously not enough, because you can't appease a fascist, so now she's going to bankroll a bunch of lawsuits anyway through the JK Rowling Women's Fund.*

You can read an archived version of the report here, please save it and share it.

on the nicer end of the spectrum we can hit em with a "that's not an appropriate topic right now" and on the more dismissive side we should just be like "i hope someone glues hammers to your car and it explodes"

it's Dunning-Kruger in action too, like, people who aren't into a specific kink think they know more than the average practitioner OF that kink??? they think people deep in a subculture have never thought about surface level implications and complications?? ouuuwwwaughhhh.

i will not bow to the discourse of there is no good third option right now and you will have to come up with it yourself i will not start the debate because capitalism is shitty as hell as well and on its way out but i live in a family that has directly felt the effects of a shit communist regime

i will not ask western mutuals to read about the soviet union and the harm it did to the baltic countries i will not mention people getting deported in the hundreds of thousands in literal animal carts to literal fucking siberia to either work themselves to death or somehow try and live there with nearly nothing to live on in literal subhuman conditions

what's your favourite kitchen appliance?

do you have a collection of anything?

what's the best job you've ever had?

what's the worst job you've ever had?

what's your favourite piece of furniture and where did you get it?

what's your go-to recipe when you want to make something that requires minimal effort?

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are you on good terms with your parents?

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do you vote?

what's the biggest purchase you've ever made?

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how many wisdom teeth do you have and have you had any removed?

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do you have any living grandparents?

do you have nieces/nephews/godchildren/other kids in your life that aren't yours?

what's the coolest place you've visited?

what's your most recent degree and has it been useful to you?

would you rather own a dishwasher or a laundry machine if you could only have one or the other?

do you make a list before going to the grocery store or just wing it?

what's your favourite household chore?

what chore do you hate the most?

do you have houseplants and how are you at keeping them alive?

Remember when Lil Nas X beautifully explored his sexuality, seduced and killed the devil to the banger of all time, and instead of cheering on this openly gay and proud Black artist for his artistry and fighting back against respectability politics, suddenly said respectability politics was all the Queerest Place on the Internet cared about? Hm. Wonder what happened there.

but it's also horrifying, absolutely horrifying, for the living characters who are looking on because a.) they're watching their dead family and friends and neighbors, most of whom are covered in blood and visibly injured, get danced around like puppets and b.) it's the first time the characters are really getting a taste of the hivemind bullshit the audience has already been clued in on and c.) sure, they're just dancing for now, but they're realizing just how many hungry vampires are waiting outside to kill them at the first opportunity and take Sammie. so that's a nightmare for them.

so you could read that as a deliberate intimidation tactic on remmick's part, trying to overwhelm the survivors into giving up, but then you're like, okay, maybe in his mind this is a display of how good it is to be a vampire. isn't it good? doesn't it look fun? look how much fun we're having! you could come have fun too if you want! just let me in :3 I don't think that's impossible, that he'd be totally oblivious to how he comes across. the newly-turned vampires seem pretty bad at faking their interpersonal skills; all memory of how to act human beyond the most superficial level seems to really go out the window pretty immediately. remmick seems a little cannier than that, since we see him try to play on people's emotions more than once--appealing to the kkkouple's fear of the Choctaw to gain their shelter when he realizes they're klan, trying to lower Mary's guard by sympathizing with her over her dead mother, pressuring Grace by threatening her daughter. obviously some of those efforts are more successful than others, but he at least seems to have an ability to read the room that other vampires lack.

but it's also not a stretch at all to think he might sincerely be that clueless, because that whole song and dance number is remmick's whole thesis statement, which is that when he says he believes in "equality" he means that he'll kill anyone and turn them into one of his tools regardless of who they are. like sure, whatever, I'm willing to believe that he does sincerely find the klan objectionable, but he's also just packed full of shit. his version of equality is one where everyone's equal under him, acting out his own culture and history for his pleasure. thinks he's not racist because he doesn't care that Sammie's Black but still wants to take away everything that makes Sammie an individual and just keep the musical talent to perform a crude facsimile of being Irish.