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Tonight we will look at what inspired this tweet & meme
I am grateful to the anti-racist comrades who have walked me through how to #checkyourprivilege
This thread will show one way to engage in critical self-reflection as a white anti-racist activist
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#CaucasityReceipts https://twitter.com/MillerCrime/status/1258651596470222851
I am grateful to the anti-racist comrades who have walked me through how to #checkyourprivilege
This thread will show one way to engage in critical self-reflection as a white anti-racist activist
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#CaucasityReceipts https://twitter.com/MillerCrime/status/1258651596470222851
In a thread re: whites dismantling #whitesupremacy, a WOC critiqued a point I made
When I read it, I thought 'I didn't mean it that way, did I?'
Just to be sure I scrolled up and read & re-read it. I thought my point was pretty obvious, so I sat on it for a minute
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When I read it, I thought 'I didn't mean it that way, did I?'
Just to be sure I scrolled up and read & re-read it. I thought my point was pretty obvious, so I sat on it for a minute
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Why was I feeling defensive? This was a mutual with whom I had a good relationship - she had to know I had no ill intent...
(I was now co-opting the dime-a-dozen bigots' rhetoric
)
How did that happen?
#whitefragility #whiteprivilege
How do you fix that?
Well...
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(I was now co-opting the dime-a-dozen bigots' rhetoric
)How did that happen?
#whitefragility #whiteprivilege
How do you fix that?
Well...
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Doing anti-racist work while white, you must always attempt to decenter yourself
In this instance, it meant checking why I was tweeting - to prove my wokeness, or dismantle #whitesupremacy?
For the benefit of the WOC - that's what it means to decenter yourself as a white
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In this instance, it meant checking why I was tweeting - to prove my wokeness, or dismantle #whitesupremacy?
For the benefit of the WOC - that's what it means to decenter yourself as a white
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In addition to this, my comrade also gave me another answer to the original question - a bonus gift
By questioning my intent honestly, I saw you can never renounce the privilege of your whiteness
It's on YOU to constantly question your intent when anti-racist while white
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By questioning my intent honestly, I saw you can never renounce the privilege of your whiteness
It's on YOU to constantly question your intent when anti-racist while white
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The fact that my #whiteprivilege was so blinding a POC spoke up
Plus my self-centred defensiveness
Were red flags that I needed to sit down and LISTEN
Thank you to my comrade, who invested emotional labor into me
No more whitesplaining
Thoughts?
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#solidarity
Plus my self-centred defensiveness
Were red flags that I needed to sit down and LISTEN
Thank you to my comrade, who invested emotional labor into me
No more whitesplaining
Thoughts?
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#solidarity
