Why Does It Feel Like 2015 part 2?
Dilbert Starts a Race War // Microdosing on Hitler // America First 2.0, the Radical Agenda
Dilbert Starts a Race War
A Rasmussen poll found that 47 % of African Americans either were unsure or disagreed that it is okay to be White. For Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic, this finding was evidence that the Black identity is a hate movement, and that White people should "move the hell away" from majority black areas. There was immediate backlash, with Dilbert losing syndication. There was also immediate praise of Adams for 'telling the truth' that Black communities are too dangerous, chaotic, and violent for White people.
It is strange to see the c.2016 "race realism" arguments resurface without the pseudo-science / pseudo-psychology to undergird the points. However, this may present an opportunity to apply a pseudo-sociological critique of an interpretation of decolonial theory, which is;
If Whiteness is the normalisation of cultural traits produces injustices in the form of social stability, then what chaotic aspects of Blackness are necessary to challenge Whiteness successfully?
Much has already been written about the stereotype of black people as violent. Still, Adam's comment affirms the idea that Black systems of power can not abide Whiteness and would oppress White people of given a chance. Tim Pool further legitimized this point by pivoting from Adam's comments to investigating the racial demographics in the recent Chicago mayoral election.
Pool suggested that Chicagoans (like himself) had grown tired of rampant crime and violence under mayor Lightfoot, which earned the city the nickname of 'Chiraq' (a portmanteau of Chicago and Iraq). Pool provided an interpretation of voter choice, overlaying his own local knowledge of the city to assert that the Black neighbours only voted for Lightfoot because she is a black woman - regardless of her 'proven' political track record. Additionally, Pool asserted that White and Hispanic neighbourhoods voted for their own representative candidate - clear evidence to Pool of increasing, self-imposed, racial segregation within the US.
Microdosing on Hitler
Watching people livestream themselves playing videogames is big business. Watching people livestream the living anime avatar they created using motion capture technology might be a bigger business. Vtubers, as they are known, are usually female streamers that don't show themselves on camera but instead use a dynamic anime avatar. This avatar, typically an original design, follows the VTuber's physical motions and emotional expressions to create a living "anime waifu". Additionally, the Vtuber often speaks in a higher register and softer tone on stream and when responding to their community, mimicking the style of Western cartoon/anime (think of Tara Strong's 'Bubbles' from Powerpuff Girls).