Closing Notes on the Capitol Insurrection. Because Whiteness Takes Up Too Much Space

Whiteness.

White supremacy.

White nationalism.

White privilege — is selfish and self-serving. For the past week news outlets, writers, cultural analysts, scholars, historians and the general public have been dissecting the events that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. Pro-Trump insurrectionists have taken the center stage of the nation’s conve…