Friday Fishwrap
It's Friday, January 31, 2025. There are 328 shopping days until Christmas
Welcome to Friday Fishwrap™, your weekly email filled with this week’s efforts from the staff of The Global Exclaimer.
Maga goes Mega
Paddy Keyk takes a look at a vibe shift in Europe in:
White Fragility or White Guilt Trip
Here is my next installment on White Fragility. One chapter in, and I can already see the game: if you agree, you're proving the author's point. If you disagree, you're proving it even more. Convenient.
Previously on The Glob, I promised to read White Fragility and report back. So far, I've read the first chapter, skimmed the intro, and stared at the shattered-glass book cover long enough to wonder if that's what DiAngelo hopes to do to her audience.
Here's the gist: racism isn’t an act—it’s a state of being, and if you’re white, you’re guilty by default. Disagree? That just proves the point. She’s built an argument that can’t lose, but that doesn’t mean it’s right.
This is my first impression. More to come—unless my white fragility shatters me first.
“Everyone here understands we need to get rid of America”
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Next week watch for the next installment of White Fragility, and another episode of At The Sign of the Screaming Monkey’s Head.
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