To clarify, white people are actually slightly underrepresented in terrorism per capita; they simply constitute a significant majority of the population and therefore do most of the terrorism. Therefore, while this tweet is technically correct, it should not be taken to mean that white individuals are more likely to be terrorists—it’s an ironic reflection on the skewed, racially motivated reality presented to us by media and politicians.
Source:
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/fbi-releases-lone-offender-terrorism-report-111319
https://www.statista.com/chart/19968/the-race-ethnicity-of-lone-offender-terrorists/
https://www.theroot.com/are-white-men-americas-biggest-terror-threat-we-checke-1830175112
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/14/fbi-and-dhs-warned-of-growing-threat-from-white-supremacists-months-ago/
As always, the takeaway is that demographics are not what must be addressed when addressing violence. The systemic artifacts that enable and foster terrorism or SA are the problem, never simply structures like gender or race.
The conservative mindset ignores this and just introduces more violence to the equation, saying “let’s ban women from spaces” and “let’s deport brown people.” And act surprised when those solutions make the problem worse, not better.
And when they do raise issues like sexual assault against men, it’s pretty much only ever as a counterpoint to derail discussions about sexual assault against women and avoid doing anything about either, which I would argue is also pretty disrespectful towards men.
Absolutely. “Men can be victims too” is such an important truth and it’s nauseating when the phrase is leveraged in support of radical apathy toward SA.