Mental gymnastics on display on social media.
Carol Swain is a former professor of political science at Vanderbilt University with a considerable social media presence. She's notable for defending white nationalism after events such as the Charlottesville protests.
Oh, and she's black. Yes....she's vocally apologized for white nationalism, and she's also black. I don't get it, either, but it's proof that there's every sort of person out in this weird world, including black white nationalists.
Today, on Facebook and Twitter, she accused black Democrats of "using and manipulating" other blacks such as Myeshia Johnson for their own benefit.
The comment response from her predominantly white followers was almost 100% in agreement.
So let's sum this up:
White conservatives who use a black figure as a justification (i.e. their "black friend" ) for their own bigoted belief systems cheer on that black figure attacking other black people for supposedly using other black people for reasons they don't agree with.
Does anyone else see the weird contortions that are needed to get to that point?
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don't know how she sleeps at night and CLEARLY puts into perspective my understanding of how we AA can hate ourselves and the color of our own skin.