Sailor Michael
@sailormichael.bsky.social
U.S. Navy Veteran, military affairs, and foreign policy junkie. MS Gulf Coast. Independent left of center. If you don't like to hear or see racial injustice, I am the wrong account to follow. Go live in your bubble and be happy. I curse a lot #TypoKing
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Sailor Michael
@sailormichael.bsky.social
· Aug 13
Okay, I've gotten a few text messages from some of my acquaintances, and I need to explain my few months of saying the things I do now. Apparently, they don't get it, and I will tell the world for them to see.
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Trump is the dumbest person to ever attend Davos.
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Trump is the dumbest person to ever attend Davos.
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That's not irrational. This is their land. But this is an excellent point. But there are indigenous Americans who enjoy a closer proximity to whiteness and engage in anti-Blackness. Furthermore, this is even more complicated by the $5 certificates that Europeans purchased to be considered Native.
January 21, 2026 at 3:45 AM
That's not irrational. This is their land. But this is an excellent point. But there are indigenous Americans who enjoy a closer proximity to whiteness and engage in anti-Blackness. Furthermore, this is even more complicated by the $5 certificates that Europeans purchased to be considered Native.
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The other factor in denying whiteness is the level of Native American ancestry in the Hispanic community. Native Americans are the one group other than Black people to whom whiteness is off limits. It's wildly irrational but that's racism for ya.
January 21, 2026 at 3:34 AM
The other factor in denying whiteness is the level of Native American ancestry in the Hispanic community. Native Americans are the one group other than Black people to whom whiteness is off limits. It's wildly irrational but that's racism for ya.
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21/21 Trump and his white supremacist puppeteers are likely going to fail this time because they did not give whiter-looking Latinos and Hispanics "whiteness" this time around. But when the next Trump comes around, they are going to realize their mistake and we need to be prepared.
January 21, 2026 at 3:41 AM
21/21 Trump and his white supremacist puppeteers are likely going to fail this time because they did not give whiter-looking Latinos and Hispanics "whiteness" this time around. But when the next Trump comes around, they are going to realize their mistake and we need to be prepared.
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20/? This is a very precarious time for Black people. We have no allies. We by nature of the dichotomy of what white and Black is will never be given "whiteness". But all of these other groups have a path to whiteness if they demonize us. Even now there is a path.
January 21, 2026 at 3:40 AM
20/? This is a very precarious time for Black people. We have no allies. We by nature of the dichotomy of what white and Black is will never be given "whiteness". But all of these other groups have a path to whiteness if they demonize us. Even now there is a path.
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19/? The same can be said of whiter-looking Arabs and Muslims. After Latinos and Hispanics, they will be given whiteness too. Suddenly, they will remember that Arabs petitioned to be called white and won.
January 21, 2026 at 3:38 AM
19/? The same can be said of whiter-looking Arabs and Muslims. After Latinos and Hispanics, they will be given whiteness too. Suddenly, they will remember that Arabs petitioned to be called white and won.
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18/? But the next Donald Trump and the next iteration of the Heritage Foundation may realize their mistake and may give them whiteness. When this happens, then it will be open season strictly on Black people.
January 21, 2026 at 3:36 AM
18/? But the next Donald Trump and the next iteration of the Heritage Foundation may realize their mistake and may give them whiteness. When this happens, then it will be open season strictly on Black people.
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17/? And the reason being, the one-drop rule. Whiter appearing Latinos and Hispanics have too much Black African Blood in them for the white supremacist power structure to accept them just yet.
January 21, 2026 at 3:35 AM
17/? And the reason being, the one-drop rule. Whiter appearing Latinos and Hispanics have too much Black African Blood in them for the white supremacist power structure to accept them just yet.
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16/? But Latinos and Hispanics have way too much Black African blood in them to be given whiteness like "non-white" Europeans (that doesn't even sound right, but it's true). So they weren't given whiteness like even I thought they would be given it 10 or 20 years ago.
January 21, 2026 at 3:33 AM
16/? But Latinos and Hispanics have way too much Black African blood in them to be given whiteness like "non-white" Europeans (that doesn't even sound right, but it's true). So they weren't given whiteness like even I thought they would be given it 10 or 20 years ago.
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15/? So all of this white on white in fighting in school was some confusing and while shit me that I am only now beginning to truly understand and appreciate. White supremacy has always been a game of 3-dimensional chess to attain whiteness.
January 21, 2026 at 3:31 AM
15/? So all of this white on white in fighting in school was some confusing and while shit me that I am only now beginning to truly understand and appreciate. White supremacy has always been a game of 3-dimensional chess to attain whiteness.
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14/? In fact, to some extent, the Irish leveraged the demonization of not just Black people but also of Italians to become white. As a Black girl in a Catholic School, to me, they were both white, because they had a much closer proximity to whiteness than I did.
January 21, 2026 at 3:29 AM
14/? In fact, to some extent, the Irish leveraged the demonization of not just Black people but also of Italians to become white. As a Black girl in a Catholic School, to me, they were both white, because they had a much closer proximity to whiteness than I did.
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13/? In fact, looking back, much of the strife I would see in Catholic school between Irish Catholics and Italian Catholics at the heart of it all was about who had the most whiteness and when that whiteness was attained. The Irish became "white" before the Italians.
January 21, 2026 at 3:27 AM
13/? In fact, looking back, much of the strife I would see in Catholic school between Irish Catholics and Italian Catholics at the heart of it all was about who had the most whiteness and when that whiteness was attained. The Irish became "white" before the Italians.
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12/? Most people who consider themselves white don't realize that they did not become white as the same time as other people who are considered white. The Irish did not become white at the same time the Italians became white.
January 21, 2026 at 3:25 AM
12/? Most people who consider themselves white don't realize that they did not become white as the same time as other people who are considered white. The Irish did not become white at the same time the Italians became white.
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11/? But because many of these groups are white in their home countries, they thought they would be white here in the U.S. We are literally watching a game of 3-dimensional chess of what is and isn't white. And this shouldn't be surprising.
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 AM
11/? But because many of these groups are white in their home countries, they thought they would be white here in the U.S. We are literally watching a game of 3-dimensional chess of what is and isn't white. And this shouldn't be surprising.
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10/? And genetics can be a tricky thing. These white supremacists cannot risk some of those Black African genes manifesting in even the whitest of Latino and/or Hispanic person. Hence the reason, they could not give them whiteness like they have given other groups in the past.
January 21, 2026 at 3:21 AM
10/? And genetics can be a tricky thing. These white supremacists cannot risk some of those Black African genes manifesting in even the whitest of Latino and/or Hispanic person. Hence the reason, they could not give them whiteness like they have given other groups in the past.
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9/? Their "whiteness" in their home countries and hatred of Black people in their home countries informs their hatred of Black people here. And many of them have Black African blood coursing through their veins that they hate. Look at the history of the Dominican Republic and the anti-Blackness.
January 21, 2026 at 3:18 AM
9/? Their "whiteness" in their home countries and hatred of Black people in their home countries informs their hatred of Black people here. And many of them have Black African blood coursing through their veins that they hate. Look at the history of the Dominican Republic and the anti-Blackness.
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8/? And the Trump-supporting Latinos here, many of them are "white" in their home countries in contrast to the visibly Black African people there. They are the oppressors of the visibly Black African people. So when they come over here, they think they are a part of the white club.
January 21, 2026 at 3:16 AM
8/? And the Trump-supporting Latinos here, many of them are "white" in their home countries in contrast to the visibly Black African people there. They are the oppressors of the visibly Black African people. So when they come over here, they think they are a part of the white club.
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7/? So if they gave Latinos & Hispanics whiteness and allowed their immigration to the U.S. they would have to also allow a huge number of visibly Black African people into the country also. And in many of these countries, the Black African presence is much larger than what they show on TV here.
January 21, 2026 at 3:15 AM
7/? So if they gave Latinos & Hispanics whiteness and allowed their immigration to the U.S. they would have to also allow a huge number of visibly Black African people into the country also. And in many of these countries, the Black African presence is much larger than what they show on TV here.
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6/? But now I think I understand why Latinos & Hispanics were not being given whiteness. See. Unlike Italy, Ireland, Poland, Germany etc...the ppl coming from Latino & Hispanic countries have a ton of African blood mixed up in there AND they have a ton of visibly African people in their countries.
January 21, 2026 at 3:12 AM
6/? But now I think I understand why Latinos & Hispanics were not being given whiteness. See. Unlike Italy, Ireland, Poland, Germany etc...the ppl coming from Latino & Hispanic countries have a ton of African blood mixed up in there AND they have a ton of visibly African people in their countries.
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5/? If this current fascist regime had given whiteness to Latinos and Hispanics the majority of them would have been just fine with the brutality and oppression continuing against Black people and there would be no uproar.
January 21, 2026 at 3:09 AM
5/? If this current fascist regime had given whiteness to Latinos and Hispanics the majority of them would have been just fine with the brutality and oppression continuing against Black people and there would be no uproar.
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4/? So watching this over the years, especially considering the TPS status of Cubans in this country, I automatically thought, eventually Latinos and Hispanics would be given whiteness just like immigrants of the past had been given whiteness.
January 21, 2026 at 3:08 AM
4/? So watching this over the years, especially considering the TPS status of Cubans in this country, I automatically thought, eventually Latinos and Hispanics would be given whiteness just like immigrants of the past had been given whiteness.
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3/? When I was growing up, if you called an Italian white, many times, not always, but they would correct you and say, "I'm not white! I'm Italian". And this was especially the case if they were Sicilian. They didn't even want to be just be Italian, they wanted to make it clear they were Sicilian.
January 21, 2026 at 3:07 AM
3/? When I was growing up, if you called an Italian white, many times, not always, but they would correct you and say, "I'm not white! I'm Italian". And this was especially the case if they were Sicilian. They didn't even want to be just be Italian, they wanted to make it clear they were Sicilian.
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1/? Trump's biggest mistake was that he and ilk at the Heritage Foundation did not give Latinos and Hispanics whiteness. For the longest time, I actually thought they would be given whiteness like the Irish, Polish, Italians and Germans were eventually given whiteness.
January 21, 2026 at 3:02 AM
1/? Trump's biggest mistake was that he and ilk at the Heritage Foundation did not give Latinos and Hispanics whiteness. For the longest time, I actually thought they would be given whiteness like the Irish, Polish, Italians and Germans were eventually given whiteness.
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2/? For the past 150 years when white supremacy needed numbers, it gave whiteness to a group that previously did not have it before. I distinctly remember in my Catholic School days Italian and Polish classmates would get angry if I called them white. This was only 40 years ago.
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM
2/? For the past 150 years when white supremacy needed numbers, it gave whiteness to a group that previously did not have it before. I distinctly remember in my Catholic School days Italian and Polish classmates would get angry if I called them white. This was only 40 years ago.
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