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Edutwitter, Witches and whiteness

“ The journey towards understanding structural racism still requires people of colour to prioritise white feelings. ” Reni Eddo-Lodge , Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race In the wake of UK edutwitter's # ListGate , a well-known edutweeter, Greg, published another blog piece about racism . As a fellow racialised-as-white educator, I feel obliged to take the time to address it. So I will ( again ). One of Greg's main arguments (see image) is his contention that the concept of white supremacy is flawed because its circular reasoning results in those accused of holding white advantages as guilty because of their very denial of them. In the time-honoured language of male righteousness , Greg uses the analogy of witches to demonstrate his point.  But of course, anyone who is reasonably well-read in this area knows that the in-admission of one's complicity in racism ( i.e. the inequitable distribution of power, choice, social mobility, and proximity to j