Callouts, callins and caca- a Thread. So to anyone taking the time to learn about social justice issues and the perspectives of marginalized people. There will come a time when you inevitably misspeak, screw up and take an L. How you respond to this is very important 1/

Imagine you& #39;re going to visit friends and while you& #39;re out, you step in some dog poop. It happens. Such is life. You get to the party, notice the smell and someone says "hey I think you got something on your shoe" you wouldn& #39;t cry because they told you, you wouldn& #39;t say they 2/

Were making it worse by telling you about the poop. And you also wouldn& #39;t (or shouldn& #39;t) get bothered if they bluntly tell you "YOU DON& #39;T SMELL THAT https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💩" title="Pile of poo" aria-label="Emoji: Pile of poo"> on your shoes?! Clean that up!" You& #39;d be a little embarrassed initially because of the poop on your shoe, but you would 3/

Clean it up to avoid tracking it all over the house once you& #39;ve been told. So it goes when a marginalized person approaches you about something. Listen, be embarrassed if you have to, but take a minute to step outside and clean your shoes, and if you tracked some inside, 4/

Clean that up too. But the best response is to notice it before you get there and say "listen I stepped in something nasty and I need to clean my shoes before I come inside, can I have a minute to do that?" By unpacking and checking your own biases. No one& #39;s trying to be mean 5/

They& #39;re just tired of crap. /end