Pandemic! 2. Slavoj Žižek

correct jargon (“African American,” not “black”), what she’s doing couldn’t possibly be racist.⁸

      Instead of perversely enjoying our guilt (and thereby patronizing the true victims), we need active solidarity: guilt and victimhood immobilize us. Only when we all act together, treating ourselves and each other as responsible adults, can we beat racism and sexism.

      1 1. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/21/hundreds-run-riot-in-stuttgart-city-centre-after-drug-checks

      2 2. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/26/football/liverpool-fans-police-criticize-gathering-anfield-title-win-spt-intl/

      3 3. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/27/toxic-mix-of-violence-and-virus-sweeps-poorest-countries-warns-war-reporter-lyse-doucet

      4 4. http://www.cdep.ro/pls/proiecte/upl_pck2015.proiect?idp=18210

      5 5. https://www.euronews.com/2020/06/17/romania-gender-studies-ban-students-slam-new-law-as-going-back-to-the-middle-ages

      6 6. Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks (New York, NY: Grove Press, 2008), pp. 201–206.

      7 7. https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/us/central-park-video-dog-video-african-american-trnd/

      8 8. Private message from Russell Sbriglia.