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To all my white brothers & sisters, pastors & leaders.
YOU DON'T NEED BLACK PEOPLE TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE BASIC PROBLEMS OF RACE IN AMERICA. (**read the caps as emphasis not anger)
Ex A:
You end up leaving enlightened, but we leave EXHAUSTED! (1/6)
YOU DON'T NEED BLACK PEOPLE TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE BASIC PROBLEMS OF RACE IN AMERICA. (**read the caps as emphasis not anger)
Ex A:
You end up leaving enlightened, but we leave EXHAUSTED! (1/6)
The video above is a white man w/ a textured understanding of America's race problem.
I guarantee you his understanding didn't merely come from "dinner table convos" w/ people of color (unless he has a bunch of PhD buddies across multiple disciplines)
They came from books (2/6)
I guarantee you his understanding didn't merely come from "dinner table convos" w/ people of color (unless he has a bunch of PhD buddies across multiple disciplines)
They came from books (2/6)
Exhibit B: @Lecrae doesn't need me to defend him so I don't attempt to do that here.
But you've gotta understand how difficult it is to sit in a room having a convo about race (in 2020) where the line of questioning isn't in the right zip code where the real problems live (3/6)
But you've gotta understand how difficult it is to sit in a room having a convo about race (in 2020) where the line of questioning isn't in the right zip code where the real problems live (3/6)
Anyone who's ever been in a room like that knows that when there are SO MANY landmines, you have don't have the luxury to defuse every one--you settle into the fact there WILL be an explosion. You now have the unfortunate choice of playing "which appendage am I okay losing?" (4/6
That's EXHAUSTING. It's exhausting to watch the @passioncity YouTube video and see the comments praising the courage of the conversation & log on to Twitter to see @lecrae as a trending topic because he didn't rip off his microphone & exit the interview!
EXHAUSTING & UNFAIR (5/6
EXHAUSTING & UNFAIR (5/6
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SO! Please please please, I'm begging y'all. READ A BOOK!!! READ A BOOK!!! READ MULTIPLE BOOKS.
THEN...THEN...THEN...you might be able to have a conversation that's textured & nuanced and saves your black brothers and sisters from losing appendages. (6/6
THEN...THEN...THEN...you might be able to have a conversation that's textured & nuanced and saves your black brothers and sisters from losing appendages. (6/6
