A rough introduction: What's with whiteness and white veganism?

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created by justanediblefriend on 19/03/2020 at 10:06 UTC*

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CW: examples of racism, transphobia, misogyny, and ableism included in the resources.

You may have heard that sociologists are paying a lot of attention to "whiteness studies" these days, and it's really caught the attention of the public lately. That seems to be a big part of this subreddit. But what exactly is the deal here?

Whiteness

Here's an article for brief reading on what whiteness is:

• **What is Whiteness?**[1] by Nell Irvin Painter.

Here's are two articles for brief readings on the discourse that surrounds whiteness:

1: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/opinion/sunday/what-is-whiteness.html

• **White people have a race — but everyone flips out when we talk about it**[2] by Jenée Desmond-Harris.
• **Professor gets hate mail over 'Problem of Whiteness'**[3] by Kaila White.

Here's a book for longer reading:

2: https://www.vox.com/2015/7/24/9023721/white-whiteness-race-identity

3: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/30/prof-receives-hate-mail-over-problem-of-whiteness/70697394/

• ***Whiteness: An Introduction*** by Steve Garner.

Here's a less dry and academic book, for ease of reading:

• ***Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race*** by Reni Eddo-Lodge.

So, in short, what's with all the attention?

Whiteness is something that many, many sociologists think play a specific explanatory role. Namely, it explains systemic racism, racial privilege, and racial oppression.

White veganism

Here's an article on the effects of white veganism:

• **Dismantling White Veganism**[4] by veganvoicesofcolor.

Here's a group of three documents, the second of which documents cases of white veganism, including their consequences:

4: https://web.archive.org/web/20190111003738/https://veganvoicesofcolor.org/2017/01/09/dismantling-white-veganism/

• **The Toxic Modding Culture of /r/vegan - A Document of Proof**[5]
• **The Toxic Modding Culture of /r/vegan - Aftermath**[6]
• **The Toxic Modding Culture of /r/vegan (the subreddit this time!) - A Document of Proof**[7]
• A .7z that includes all 3 documents.[8]
• A .zip that includes all 3 documents.[9]

Here are two summaries of the third document:

5: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bpuzTRwaxoAMitYIThccw1l6N2aeTU61/view?usp=sharing

6: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_275pUDK9I_FjOyGLwUQl_dzHnQU76u/view?usp=sharing

7: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K5W9ULJHmxRJ5PbC7fSbMxdBNje4qWfr/view?usp=sharing

8: https://mega.nz/#%21rYJkBKRK%21F4vSQ_hOaetP28DpPiEehpwAjod07T8BxaBu0vNkO1U

9: https://mega.nz/#%21XVQyTYpZ%21YN8R12kfuioBbitu9NPG3wyxwx-lfJL_L--TJVFJnXA

• First summary: **Please read: A racist, transphobic, rape apologetic rise to power over more than 20 subreddits via coercion, shared from /r/ChapoTrapoHouse for awareness: /r/TheLastAirbender, /r/vegan, /r/CryptoCurrency, /r/minimalism, /r/ZeroWaste, and more (a detailed summary)**[10] by /u/themarxistvegan.
• Second summary: **Several huge subreddits have been taken over by enablers of fascism, rape apology, racism, transphobia, misogyny and other forms of bigotry: /r/TheLastAirbender, /r/vegan, /r/CryptoCurrency, /r/minimalism, /r/ZeroWaste, and many more**[11] on /r/LateStageCapitalism.
• Alternative link[12] on /r/AntifaVegan.
• Alternative link[13] on /r/ChapoTrapHouse.
• Alternative link[14] on /r/LeftWithoutEdge.

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