“Renee Nicole Good died being a nigger lover... she died because she wanted to protect niggers who would not piss on her if she was on fire.” - Reii Valentina - X.com. What attribute does Reii Valentina share with Charlie Kirk’s shooter, with an astounding number of mass shooters before him, and with a severely underestimated percentage of the population who both are and are not in the public eye? This is the question which when understood grounds our analysis. Reii Valentina is a Black, self-identified autistic woman, whose claim to relevancy (as of 2026), is to be the next self-racist Black person. For many this description of both her and the many female “coons” alike and before her is satisfactory. Analysis stops at the point where she “hates herself,” and in some cases that she has internalized a mystified, quasi-religious conception of whiteness and white supremacy. This is not a deficit of the intelligence of those quick to assign these critiques, but revealing of a fundamental theory-of-mind misrecognition on account of autistic/neurodivergent individuals. A misrecognition of categorically understated importance.
There are things we know already - For example, Black neurodivergent students are undeniably undiagnosed and underserved, frequently targeted for their difficulties in structured settings. But, to stop here and congratulate ourselves on the recognition of injustice cannot be all. We must understand the condition in its effect.
First, we must understand Neurodivergence, as the current understandings are either absent in many, or plagued by massive deficits. When we say neurodivergence, we mean such as an overarching descriptor of those with observed autism, ADHD, OCD, dyslexia, BPD, etc. The chronology predating the discovery of these as separate symptoms, as well as the methodology for their assignment, leaves too many holes in the understandings of these conditions and their relationships. The unwavering overlaps of these disorders are never described to a satisfactory degree. Rather than describing these as separate conditions, understanding these as different primary observed expressions of neurodivergence as such is much more apt. For reference, in childhood I was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and yet by looking at the diagnostic method, to another I could have just as easily been determined autistic, or ADHD. This reframing satisfies the need for the understanding of ADHD as being similar in the degree of social disruption and divergent thinking as autism, whereas currently it is still generally recognized as “someone who couldn’t sit still during k-12 schooling and loudly complains about executive dysfunction on Twitter.” As well, for future reference, the term “Autism,” will be used in this writing interchangeably for “Neurodivergent,” as through the process of understanding those with an ADHD primary expression in the context of being simply autistic, those uninitiated to these concepts can understand these conditions better. This, of course, does not mean that the other expressions are forgotten.
To proceed with this analysis, we must do away thoroughly with the Anglocentric concept that speculation on the autistic or allistic status of others is in any way unreliable, immoral, or even difficult. Much of the online discussion of the topic is plagued with arguments over the validity of observational and self-diagnoses. This must be understood - by no means are the dozens of identified neurodivergent symptoms, and the infinitely more undefined but repeated thought and expression quirks among the neurodivergent populace, innately subtle to trained eyes and ears. They are certainly even less difficult for someone who shares these quirks and can recognize them in others. Contrasting views on this are undoubtedly a reflexive behavior of the white brain’s insistence on purity, trying to identify the “true,” psychiatrically evaluated neurodivergents. If there are any doubts of this thought process being definitively white, do two things, take a look at the dialogue of the far right, they are yet to form a cohesive identity in the midst of debating each other’s respective European genealogies (I personally share doubts of the efficacy of this process, and the rewards for being the purest, although perhaps I am riddled and wrought with jealousy at knowing I would fail their purity test). Then, take a look at the left’s insistence on overwhelming ideological submission, and accompanying shows of virtue/purity, even in these cases where such is detrimental to desired outcomes. To those who have spent time with the issue, the deeper into a neurodivergent subject’s history they go, the more obvious the identification becomes - for allistic people this proves to be the exact opposite.
Where Black culture fails, in the same way as general allistic culture, is in the capturing of socially divergent minds, minds that are by all means extraordinarily capable when trained in productive directions.
Especially when, in the many recurring Black women who seem to adopt the alt/far-right views of politics, they, without exception, always exhibit significant, identifiable neurodivergence. Starting at the highest level, when Candace Owens takes a staunch, literal interpretation of Charlie Kirk’s messages calling themselves “time travelers,” what explanations do we have for such? Is she simply unintelligent and ungrounded in reality? Such an analysis lies perfectly in the realm of uncomprehensive, neurotypical thinking, though obviously there is more to be desired. To simply call someone “crazy” is a means of rhetorical anti-aliasing, the true image is yet to be presented. One needs to look no further than her rhizomatic monologue structure, and frequent rabbit hole hopping to notice that there is something ‘different’ about her. It is not uncommon, especially for Black people, as anything short of cosplay or Bendy and the Ink Machine obsessions to go completely unnoticed as expressions of neurodivergence.
The modern far right is almost defined by neurodivergence. The reverberations persisting between 4chan’s /pol/, Incels, Looksmaxxing, Christian Esotericism, and the anime profile picture adorned (often non-white, ironically) white supremacists on Twitter. Where queer and niche media spaces fail at capturing autistic minorities, far-right spaces accumulate the rest. For those who do not find leftist dialogue palatable, and are predisposed to seeing through the accompanying dogma (often aided by the Jeffrey Epstein influenced anti-SJW creators of the 2010s), on top of being autistically socially maladjusted and unable to relate to Black people, as well as essentially everyone else they feel they are “supposed” to relate to, the far right makes an offer. The terms are simple, the compensation is immediate.
Follow your suspicions and rejection of typical Black positive thinking, and be rewarded with attention, and more importantly acceptance, where before there was none. The more vulgar, the better. The more racist, the better. You already are going to misrecognize the “acceptance,” (pretending to be friends with the disabled person for entertainment) for actual acceptance anyways, better that than nothing. Ignorance is bliss.
In the absence of this Black-positive esotericism, rivaling the information provided by the white supremacist right wing, there is nowhere left to go. Especially since the usage of slurs and denigration is often more tolerable for those who have nowhere else to go, we are left with a significant, cognitively divergent population who are caught and weaponized by white supremacy. With their hyperactive pattern identification making the degrading behaviors socially assigned to Black people impossible to ignore, their inability to relate to the queer Black population, their pathological screen time as a result of lacking friendships, on top with their understanding they are very likely not going to be accepted or understood, there is nowhere else to go besides the more neurodivergent friendly far-right. Look no further than the biracial, half-Jewish half-Black Doja Cat, who found herself accused of being “in racial chatrooms showing feet,” and pictured with a Sam Hyde shirt, a far right influencer (who has captured the attention of many neurodivergents, and whose expressions and history do not scream neurotypicality), and again that of Reii Valentina who turns herself into the self-“hating,” Black girl of the week on Twitter.
Until there is a new option, a new dialogue which adapts to the compelling nature of far-right beliefs, by no means will this issue be resolved.