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Summer Whitesell

@linimentcake.bsky.social

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"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one." Democrat. Antiracist. Anne of Green Gables enthusiast. Star Trek fan for life. Seattle, WA.

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Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · Nov 16

silverandshadow.blogspot.com/2023/09/anti...
Fellow whites,
It's on us to dismantle white supremacy. After the election, we see how badly we failed. Last year, I put out a blog series on antiracism basics. Read, share, maybe we can help white people see there's nothing to be scared of racial equity.

Antiracism 101: So, You Just Found Out You're Racist-Day 1

1-Prejudice vs. Racism The first thing to understand, is that “racism” and “prejudice” are no longer one and the same. I know change is har...

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Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 8m

I've been wondering all along why folks like the Clintons, the Obamas, VP Harris and their families haven't started to leave the country for their safety...I worry about this a lot...

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Chief White House Chuck Taylor Correspondent 🐝⚜️ @ntdubb.blacksky.app · 1h

Not all heroes wear capes.

Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 22h

This here’s a man of the people.

Former Cubs pitcher Lee Smith on why he always walked so slowly out of the bullpen when he was called - he heard the grounds crew got time and a half of the game stretched past 4:30 pm.

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Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 23m

Senator Murry is my senator!!! How cool!!

Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 27m

The unhoused will be genocided in Project 2025/white America. Case in point.

Chief White House Chuck Taylor Correspondent 🐝⚜️ @ntdubb.blacksky.app · 34m

Cruelty is the point.

Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 4h

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.

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Chief White House Chuck Taylor Correspondent 🐝⚜️ @ntdubb.blacksky.app · 32m

Per usual, LEs lie!

Madz @madz123.bsky.social · 1d

Y’all! The woman in Chicago who was shot by ICE after allegedly ramming agents with her car didn’t do it.
Body-cam footage shows the opposite. The ICE agent rammed her then jumped out, and started shooting. Video posted on social media forced them to release their footage.

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Washington State Department of Health @doh.wa.gov · 2h

Washington's #WIC program is still operating.
Please continue to:
✅ Use your benefits as usual
✅ Attend your appointments
✅ Access services like nutrition education & breastfeeding support
⚠️ Due to the federal shutdown, some local WIC clinics may temporarily close, but many will remain open

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ɖǟʀȶɦ ʋɛɖǟ ♑️ @suspishus.blacksky.app · 18h

American citizens have been getting killed—since its inception—by government gangs. It's just that now people* are paying attn bcuz the victims aren't just Black, Brown & Native folks anymore.

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 23h

This is not going to end well. Sooner or later an American citizen is going to get killed.

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Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 56m

I might be reading too much into it, but is "American citizen" code for "white person"? Fellow whites, when we bring this up when discussing ICE attacking people, is that what we're implying?

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 23h

This is not going to end well. Sooner or later an American citizen is going to get killed.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1h

Just a reminder, Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has Christian Nationalist tattoos.

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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 2h

Attorney General Bondi recently threatened to put me in jail. Now, the President has threatened to put the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor in jail.

This is about as authoritarian as it gets.

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Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 2h

If that dictator upholds white supremacy, I think the answer is a most emphatic, yes. They will happily accept a dictator if they get to keep feeling in control, even if they ultimately end up being peons, like the rest of us. They'll just be the last ones to lose their rights.

Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 2h

Every Congressional Republican needs to answer: Do you support the President's call to imprison the Governor of Illinois and Mayor of Chicago?

Trump is not a king. This is not acceptable. Do Republicans want a dictator or a President?

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Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 2h

Wow, you're super irritating. This is a feelings issue, treat it as such. The United States, means the people of the United States. The collective of the people, particularly the white ones. Why not spend your time working to dismantle white supremacy instead of nitpick the people who are?

Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 3h

Did he tag you in the post? No, he did not. Start learning how to think collectively about stuff, including yourself.

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Formerly #GiveHerTheGavel @carmosteph.bsky.social · 4h

For the umpteenth time, there can be NO racism toward white people.

This gobbledygook is how white people make themselves feel better about the racism they do or support (overtly or tacitly).

We hold the power & we must change this.

Post from Joburt reads: "You're arguing with data,not me. There is no scenario where segregation based on racial lines is a good thing. It leads to increased racism in both groups, which leads to increased conflict in places those groups interact, which leads to the oppression of the minority group."

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Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 3h

we collectively wanted this authoritarian hellscape, so we could dress up and go to protests and feel alive and heroic. We each want to be "the one" who saves the nation. We want to be the white knights, even if it's in the form of a dinosaur or unicorn...2/2

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Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 3h

Fellow whites, all we had to do was vote for the Black woman in November and none of this would be happening right now. But, I suspect a lot of us actually like the feeling of having something to fight against. Our identity is tied in with a sense of having to stand up to something. Ultimately, 1/2

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 4h

They'll just be replaced with other racist white people. white supremacy has to be dismantled, that's the only way out of this. If white people dismantle white supremacy, and we truly live in equity, then whiteness no longer exists. That's how we end racism, by ending whiteness.

Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 4h

All white people are racist, it's a default. See my pinned post for more info, you clearly don't know how racism differs from prejudice. You have a lot of work to do...

Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 4h

And most white Gen Xers are racist. And as we see in the news, Gen Z is well on the way, too. It's generational, but every generation, and in perpetuity. Because white supremacy has nothing to do with age, but people not wanting to lose the benefits. Also, capitalize the B in Black, thanks!

Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 4h

I've noticed the prices seem to have at least doubled over the last couple years. You used to get deodorant for a couple bucks and now even the cheapest brands are over $5.

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Queen Thicktoria, Esq. @veeceemurphy76.bsky.social · 8h

Racism is expensive.

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

when you realize there were no bar exams for a lot of places until hbcu law schools started popping up and accepting black, brown, AND jewish students...

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ALT: a man in a suit is talking on a television show

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 8h

Josie and Pussycats meme of Black girl covering the mouth of white girl with her hand

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 6h

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

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Summer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 4h

OMG my sister was obsessed with JTT...she had his posters too...

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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