We learned that a giant mass protest that shuts down large streets of major cities will be met with cops on their best behavior if the protests are made up of “regular” white people. We are shown that most news organizations reported favorably and used positive rhetoric (for the most part) and nice photos of families protesting together. It was viewed in a very kind light, which is the opposite of what most major (BLM for example) protests get.
If only there was a way to harness or organize the suburban white lady privilege into other protests. These women act as cop repellent because cops are far less likely to split Sharon from Accounts Payable’s head open or Sandy and her daughter Keighleeanne from Naperville or Susan the wife of a CEO. If more of these ladies showed up I think we could curb some of the violence that people of color face. Operation white shield or some shit like that. This is a way to use your privilege and power to back up what you say you believe in. I am just spitballing here, but man, I have never seen such lax police at such a large protest in my life.
Operation White Shield
I’m in
I mean…it’s worth a shot.
The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that this is a thing that needs to happen. I was talking to a former roommate from Colorado – she said that the Denver chapter of BLM has been asking whites not to show up to marches but donate instead, and I get it since there’s been problems of infiltration. But I told her a sister organization might be a good idea, since it keeps the message undiluted but keeps fellowship less fraught.
This could be that sister organization, and not just for BLM. For any protest in defense of minorities, Operation White Shield could be a thin wall of bodies between the protesters and the police – a very literal “You’ll have to go through me first.”
It’s exactly what the 2000 veterans who went to Standing Rock arrived to do – SUCCESSFULLY – and the rest of us could do it too.
Now we need organizers.
those were exactly my thoughts when i saw the first pictures rolling in. police men wearing pussy hats says it all: white women’s bodies are a bullet repellent because nothing looks so ugly on telly and gives a government of white dudes a bad rap as bleeding white bodies getting dragged into the back of a police van.
I’ll do it.
👋👋
Kimchi and Justice 