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Fun fact: telling a Black person that you are “colorblind” will instantly squander their trust in you. https://twitter.com/berniceking/status/1354096511597113346
This tweet is trolling, but since it came up:
If you are a white person who genuinely wants to be building relationships with POC / learn how to work across difference / be woke or whatever your goal, start by understanding that *intent* will ALWAYS be outweighed by *impact*. https://twitter.com/ek07178562/status/1354470091950354435
If you are a white person who genuinely wants to be building relationships with POC / learn how to work across difference / be woke or whatever your goal, start by understanding that *intent* will ALWAYS be outweighed by *impact*. https://twitter.com/ek07178562/status/1354470091950354435
In this case, it doesn’t matter what the word “colorblind” means to you.
I’m telling you how the people you are trying to connect with are going to receive it.
I’m telling you how the people you are trying to connect with are going to receive it.
To us, it means that you think you can interpret my past/current/future experiences, trauma, or pain in the same way as people who’ve lived a life completely unlike mine.
Namely, people who have and never will face the kind of challenges I have.
Namely, people who have and never will face the kind of challenges I have.
It means that you will never understand that I am shaped by those experiences and thus will never truly understand me.
It means that I can’t trust you to understand what I need.
It means that me trying to get you to understand is a waste of my time and energy.
It means that I can’t trust you to understand what I need.
It means that me trying to get you to understand is a waste of my time and energy.
