The annual White Privilege Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was apparently too white for the attendees.
The conference, which was attended by The Daily Caller News Foundation‘s Blake Neff, focused on fighting back against microaggressions. They had attendees introduce themselves by their names and pronouns since the term “he” could be a microaggression. In fact, anyone who felt triggered was allowed to speak up and presenters would apologize for triggering them.
Apparently all of the lecturing on microaggressions and the lengths the conference went to protect people’s safe spaces were not enough for the precious snowflakes attending the conference. They criticized the conference for being too white, starting a #WPCSoWhite hashtag on Twitter. Neff compiled some noteworthy tweets:
Great keynote by @JamesWLoewen, but going over time allotted is another example of white supremacy #WPCsowhite #PHLWPC17
— Aeriel A. Ashlee (@aerielashlee) April 16, 2016
@aerielashlee Dr.Moore told me, just before I started, to take one hour. I took exactly 53 minutes.
— James W. Loewen (@JamesWLoewen) April 17, 2016
A white man’s defensiveness instead of accepting responsibility #WPCsowhite #PHLWPC17 @JamesWLoewen @jillmarette99 @TheeKWard @got_privilege
— Aeriel A. Ashlee (@aerielashlee) April 17, 2016
I’m not ok with using oppressive & racist language by a white man in the “service” of learning @JamesWLoewen #WPCsowhite
— Heather Heater (@heaterMPH) April 16, 2016
N-word NEVER acceptable from #whitefolks lips! Deeply offensive & traumatizing. @JamesWLoewen #WPCSoWhite #PHLWPC17 https://t.co/oLP9M9GwUs
— Jill Poklemba (@jillmarette99) April 16, 2016
A white woman telling a black woman to close the door at a workshop session. Another example of #WPCsowhite #PHLWPC17 @got_privilege
— Aeriel A. Ashlee (@aerielashlee) April 16, 2016
@Immy_White white men capitalising off #PHLWPC17 is one of the many examples of #WPCsowhite
— Immy White (@Immy_White) April 17, 2016
@Immy_White whoosh! This one has been sitting with me all weekend. The commodification of anti-racism doesn’t sit well with me (1of2)
— Aeriel A. Ashlee (@aerielashlee) April 17, 2016
@Immy_White and the tension of believing that racial justice work needs to be valued, and that we exist in a capitalist society (2of2)
— Aeriel A. Ashlee (@aerielashlee) April 17, 2016
This was a conference that featured a speaker blaming everything on “Christian hegemony” and the keynote speaker saying that too many white superheroes in a movie is racist. But the social justice warriors continue to find things to be offended about, even in a conference that rails against white privilege.
