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lirik lagu nathanology – a white dudes’s introduction to critical race theory

i’m white but i’m no blank slate;

a lot of ideas delineate nate —

middle~class cis white male, kinda straight

a cracker on the platter of the appetizer plate

of the united states — and in that sp~ce
what shall i say as i raise my pale face

to gaze on the pains my ancestors placed

on the land i come from — can i love my own race?

so let’s talk race — right on this track:

what is this construct of white race and black

and all in between them? — let us say clearly

what this all means — it’s critical race thеory

it’s the crt — oh sh~t, why dude?!

you’re going to еxplain this to me? you’re a white dude

aren’t you the reason it’s needed? why do it?

— why? so dudes like me just might get the vibe too

so this is for you — with a view and with a voice

by whatever race you’re called by convention or by choice —

but especially my melanin~delimitated boys:

we need to read w.e.b. du bois

drawing on du bois, and douglass, and truth

critical race theory endeavors to prove

that racism isn’t just a hatred for a group

it’s a complicated system that is woven in the roots

of society itself — and it isn’t ourselves

that make us fear difference and tell us to tell

one another apart — that part’s played well

by our history books, our american tales

and so critical race theorists like kimberlé crenshaw

and derrick bell and others, study policy and law

and how in spite of these our latent ideologies have all

kept our racism stuck in our society’s craw

but it’s not all designed to attack ya my dude

just because your skin’s white — that’s not accurate, dude —

what they actually do is unshackle the truth

from the patterns of the past — don’t get your facts from ted cruz

the origin of race as we know it is recent —

it’s traced to andalusia along the iberian

peninsula, the place of modern portugal and spain

at the end of the islamic era umayyad reign

when christians reconquered, they aimed to rebrand it —

‘this place is christian now; it ain’t islamic’ —

and banished the resident muslims and jews

in the year of our lord fourteen ninety and two

now the few that remained, when they tried to convert

were denied on the basis their blood wasn’t pure —

and such as they were, they considered them other

and difference in blood became difference in color

so yes indeed, brother — every race is a construction —

yes, but just because it was one doesn’t mean it doesn’t function

in the system — and it’s made up and its constructed, alright —

but every prison begins from a construction site

i don’t bring this to light to annoy ya my dude

i’m just trying to make a point i’m not pointing at you

the point is to use your knowledge as a tool

why would you not want to teach that at school

now some might say, this is not for me

i’d prefer if everybody here was equal and free —

but it may equally be that this is really preferred

only when their liberation and your interests converge

for under layers of dirt, in the subconscious brain

it’s hard for those in comfort not to want it the same —

when the system is yours, do you want it to change?

is that a virtue signal, or are you trying to switch lanes?

but if nothing but critique

is what everyone speaks

when they meet with a complexion

that’s light beige or bleached

then it would do run the risk

when using critical speech

of estranging just those people

that the theory must teach —

see ‘cause just because a person

may deserve a verbal lashin’

doesn’t mean it doesn’t lead them

to an adverse reaction

when they’re served it — in the service

of the truth we may try

to shout down liars, but that makes them

double down on their lies

and so the lonely white guy

within his corner of reddit

starts to feel himself cornered

by some kinda vendetta

his identity vetted

and his whiteness as wedded

to an idea of oppression

as if it’s in his essence —

and he feels the left’s left him

and he feels right or wrong

that the right’s the only place

he’ll be embraced and made strong

and he’s faced with the illusion

of a binary choice

of being anti~anti~racist

or deprived of his voice

well, the good news is, the binary’s not real —

you can criticize yourself, and carry pride as you feel —

and we can satirize ourselves — ‘i’m white, i suck, hardy~har’ —

but satire is an easy start; transformation is hard

and it’s okay that it’s hard, when your part has been snubbed

to suck it up with within your soul and serve the others with love —

because it wasn’t you that stole, but you’ve been given the stuff —

and there’s times when stepping down is the way to step up

so let us be real — and let us feel seen —

as we collectively awake from the american dream —

being critical of self and our quote~unquote kind

but still loving both — both critical and kind

- lirik lagu nathanology

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