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White women are getting called out for their "performative" use of blue bracelets to show their opposition to President-elect Donald Trump.
The blue bracelet movement reportedly stemmed from an idea by a Minnesota mom, identified as Libby on social media, who wanted to separate herself from women who voted for Trump.
Exit polls showed that 53 percent of white women voted for Trump, while 91 percent of Black women backed Harris.
“I don’t trust any of these b*tches anymore," Libby said in a video, apparently referencing the majority of white women who supported Trump.
After Libby's video went viral, white women started to wear blue bracelets to signal their disdain for Trump. Some women made their own blue bracelets, while others were encouraged to buy them from Black-owned jewelry companies.
The viral trend soon came under fire as performative. Critics say the trend allows white women to express their condemnation of Trump and his policies without actually having to do the work and examine their own communities.
“We didn’t need safety pins,” Dr. Carlotta Berry, an engineer and author, tweeted. “We didn’t need pink hats. We didn’t need blue bracelets. We didn’t need marches. We didn’t even need Zooms. We needed you to get granny, auntie, sister, daughter, cousin, mama, memaw, mamaw to the doggone voting booth.”
Other critics of the blue bracelet movement pointed out how it would likely only last as a temporary trend and not represent a lasting symbol of change.
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