This framing is not accidental. It’s by design. White supremacy has long required a rigid, hyper-individualistic, hierarchical version of masculinity to keep its systems intact. Dependency becomes weakness. Care becomes shameful. Community becomes a threat.
And here’s the tragic irony, these so-called “threats” are actually pathways to liberation. They are the antidotes to the isolation, violence, and brittleness demanded by whiteness and patriarchy.