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Friends, just because you voted for Biden doesn’t mean you are anti-racist
White folks who voted for Biden, please refrain from using “us vs. them” language when referring to White people who voted for Trump.
You are part of “them” to many people of color.
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White folks who voted for Biden, please refrain from using “us vs. them” language when referring to White people who voted for Trump.
You are part of “them” to many people of color.
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Stop trying to distance yourself from racism and white supremacy.
Acknowledge you still benefit from white supremacy whether you denounce it or not.
Acknowledge and *own* your complicity in everyday covert racism, whether you have good intentions or not.
Acknowledge you still benefit from white supremacy whether you denounce it or not.
Acknowledge and *own* your complicity in everyday covert racism, whether you have good intentions or not.
Acknowledge you are not pure. None of us is. We all have internalized white supremacy beliefs we need to unlearn, including people of color, but especially white people.
This is not about shaming or blaming - this is about being honest and clear about the work we need to do, and
This is not about shaming or blaming - this is about being honest and clear about the work we need to do, and
taking accountability for each and every ounce of complicity we each are responsible for.
There’s no “good white people” vs “bad white people.”
There are white people who are aware of their part in white supremacy (which supports your anti-racism work) or oblivious to it.
There’s no “good white people” vs “bad white people.”
There are white people who are aware of their part in white supremacy (which supports your anti-racism work) or oblivious to it.
If this strikes a nerve, please sit with the discomfort and tend to the part that hurts with gentleness and openness.
Our collective humanity depends on it.
Our collective humanity depends on it.
I know some ppl are gonna come at me with "but the Asians..." so here's my routine caveat.
I know. Yes, and, pls be careful not to lump us w/ white folks, whitewashing and erasing our oppression under white supremacy. We've got a lot of work to do, but it doesn't look the same.
I know. Yes, and, pls be careful not to lump us w/ white folks, whitewashing and erasing our oppression under white supremacy. We've got a lot of work to do, but it doesn't look the same.
