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UH OH: Supporting Greta Thunberg Now Evidence Of ‘White Privilege,’ ‘Racism’ Activists Say

Emily Zanotti
UH OH: Supporting Greta Thunberg Now Evidence Of ‘White Privilege,’ ‘Racism’ Activists Say
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A group of minority rights activists are challenging the anti-climate change movement’s unquestioning embrace of sixteen year old Greta Thunberg and calling support for Thunberg over “woker” eco-spokespeople “racism,” and evidence of “white supremacy.”

A New Zealand news outlet reports that activists who push for greater rights for indigenous peoples — some of the very same activists who are at the forefront of the global anti-climate change movement — are concerned that putting a young, white teenager at the helm of a movement that largely affects the third world sends the wrong message, especially since indigineous people have been pressing the same message for decades.

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