First of all, any racial justice conversations within the dominant narrative are centered around maintaining the status quo, not actively changing anything. People can argue about voting, parties, meetings, or anything else, but the majority of those exchanges depend on quiet compliance from marginalized groups. Moreover, despite the behavioral expectations on the oppressed, there will be no expectations from beneficiaries and sycophants, guaranteeing that conflict will arise based on double standards. Thanks to the unveiling of inappropriate mindsets within the past year, there will never be recognition that such behavior is unacceptable.
Additionally, most of the “activism” is centered around the feelings of beneficiaries and sycophants, which means that the conditions are mercurial. Instead of coming up with solid plans based on research and community feedback, retaliation and disrespect to the oppressed will be considered expected from the dominant narrative being “attacked.” Tone policing, message softening, and emotional repression for the oppressed will be demands, and any time those criteria are not met, significant amounts of time will be required to soothe the feelings of the dominant narrative. Once the solution has been significantly reduced to not addressing the problems at all, the dominant narrative will miraculously become “receptive to discussion” again, pretending as if the retaliation never occurred.
Moreover, the marginalized representatives will likely have been professionally and socioeconomically oppressed, giving the dominant narrative the perfect excuse not to take any suggestions to heart. Frequently, those most active in appealing to the dominant narrative have other jobs and a myriad of outside responsibilities, stressors that beneficiaries and sycophants are not required to manage. Discussions and meetings will occur without the representatives’ knowledge, and the representatives will no longer be able to change things once those actions have concluded. Being distracted is a common occurrence for representatives and the perfect cover for the dominant narrative to claim that the participants are not “professional” enough to merit good faith respect and consideration.
All in all, most oppressed populations who are working within the dominant narrative to achieve justice will be disappointed. The dominant narrative wants the stories to stay the same, the resources to remain under its control, and to continue believing that minimal efforts will appease the targets so that justice will no longer matter. No education, professional or lived experiences, placation methods, or long-term good standing will alter the status quo. Distractive methods mean nothing to abusers who are determined to maintain the status quo, and there will be no convincing them that they need to change.
If people are looking for ways to affect change, they need to address issues on a personal, intimate level. Community development means exactly that: community, not governmental bodies that have already proven their inefficacy. Nothing is being planned on an imperial scale to right the studied, documented, and analyzed wrongs of the past.
Chasing A Dying Empire 