Logo: Sheyam Ghieth
The privilege of whiteness meant that for many in the U.S., there was something wrong with you if you lost a right. It only happened to people who weren't white, far away somewhere. For those same white people in the U.S., only Black and brown people in a far away country ended up with an authoritarian ruler; they deserve him somehow. And for those same white people in the U.,S. only Black and brown women were stripped of autonomy over their bodies; again, they deserved it somehow. It's easy to see the fascists and theocrats when they don't look like you. The same arrogance and naiveté that made so many white people in the U.S. think Trump would never become president first or second time is that same arrogance and naiveté that made so many think "it would never happen here."