Kavanaugh's former clerk Zina Bash, currently a White House attorney, sat behind the judge, and at one point rested her fingers on her crossed arms so that they formed the universal "OK" sign, with thumb and index finger making a circle.
According to social media lore, this symbol has been appropriated by the white supremacist movement to signal "White power," and Bash was knowingly doing so.
Twitter exploded over the allegation, with many prominent Twitter users expressing outrage that the Trump administration would advertise its racist ideology in such a high-profile setting.
The question necessarily arises: If Bash were really doing such a thing, what would be the purpose of making this arcane gesture, and for whom would the message be intended? Everyone, according to the #Resistance, already knows that President Trump and his appointees are avowed white supremacists; and the white supremacists themselves must surely already be aware of the intentions of the Trump White House, which is so devoted to their cause.
The mystical belief in prevailing institutional racism and prevalent white supremacy is a doctrine of faith by which the anointed-professors, editorial board members, implicit-bias trainers-can detect hate in the ostensibly blameless heart.
Since white supremacy is everywhere, on this view, it's paradoxically nearly impossible to detect, like orgone or phlogiston; its power lies in its ineffability.
Though segregation is illegal in the United States and racism is harshly punished, white supremacy paradoxically grows stronger, as in homeopathy, through its dilution.
https://www.city-journal.org/brett-kavanaugh-hand-gesture-16150.html
According to social media lore, this symbol has been appropriated by the white supremacist movement to signal "White power," and Bash was knowingly doing so.
Twitter exploded over the allegation, with many prominent Twitter users expressing outrage that the Trump administration would advertise its racist ideology in such a high-profile setting.
The question necessarily arises: If Bash were really doing such a thing, what would be the purpose of making this arcane gesture, and for whom would the message be intended? Everyone, according to the #Resistance, already knows that President Trump and his appointees are avowed white supremacists; and the white supremacists themselves must surely already be aware of the intentions of the Trump White House, which is so devoted to their cause.
The mystical belief in prevailing institutional racism and prevalent white supremacy is a doctrine of faith by which the anointed-professors, editorial board members, implicit-bias trainers-can detect hate in the ostensibly blameless heart.
Since white supremacy is everywhere, on this view, it's paradoxically nearly impossible to detect, like orgone or phlogiston; its power lies in its ineffability.
Though segregation is illegal in the United States and racism is harshly punished, white supremacy paradoxically grows stronger, as in homeopathy, through its dilution.
https://www.city-journal.org/brett-kavanaugh-hand-gesture-16150.html
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