BLACKNESS
Oppression Affects Us All;Just Not Equally
If the apex of oppression is whiteness than its antithesis is BLACKNESS
Racialization
Oppression enforces itself through the codification of its ideals
Anyone can enforce whiteness and benefit from its protections.
INTERSECTIONALITY
How oppression affects the individual.
Everyone is harmed by whiteness; the ways it interacts with you through societal oppression varies.
Where do you exist on the spectrum?
I'm a cis-hetero-white-male.
Our society has been dictated by white supremacy and patriarchy. I have been conditioned deeply to enforce whiteness and therefore can do the most harm.
Understanding the ways you can enforce whiteness are important in limiting that harm. It is also important to actually recognize the harm you do or have done regardless of your intersectionality.