The Violence of white Celebrity

“Whiteness defined the legal status of a person as slave or free. White identity conferred tangible and economically valuable benefits and was jealously guarded as a valued possession, allowed only to those who met a strict standard of proof.” — Cheryl Harris, Whiteness as Property

Last week, 17 year old Kyle Rittenhouse was released from a Wisconsin jail after posting his $2 million bail. The 17 year old, who has become renowned recently in white nationalist and other far-right circles, was jailed after killing 2 people as they protested the police shooting of Jacob Blake…