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I don’t think groups as a whole have agency in the same way individuals do. You may choose not to do something, but you can’t make every single person stop doing it.

When you’re part of some marginalized group A, it’s common to lash out at your “oppressors.” In practice, this generally means lashing out at oppressed groups B, C, and D. It’s dickish and pointless, but since groups don’t have agency, this is something you have to be prepared for if you’re trying to be an “ally” to group A.

When you’re part of group A, it’s easy to get sick of when groups B, C, and D self-abase about how they’re responsible for bigotry against A. You want to grab them by the shirt collar and go “I don’t want you to talk about how bad you are! I want you to stop being bad!” But it’s common to internalize when you’re told you’re a shit person. The group doesn’t have agency to stop doing so.

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