I cannot imagine how surreal it must be to be a black activist tweeting shit like "hey X is racist, stop" and getting white people replies like "<3 you& #39;re so fucking valid you& #39;ve been thru more than I will ever know!!"

Wh-? W- ... Hmm. Ok. You& #39;re... not wrong? :/

Honestly that is more baffling to me than the "well I& #39;ve never done that so good for me" replies but both are.. hm.

I do see that you& #39;re trying to be sweet but nobody asked

They know you don& #39;t know shit??? You need to tell OTHER WHITE PPL that, not the ppl who already know lol

& to that point I seriously doubt any person of color wants or needs your validation unless they asked specifically

telling you to stop doing something racist isn& #39;t asking for validation. that& #39;s a separate convo. yes validate that racism is real.... To ppl who need to know??

hey and as a fellow whitey. u guys know it& #39;s ok to not say anything sometimes.... right?

Do you???? Do you know that???? Bc I think most of us don& #39;t

before you tweet:
- does this need to be said?
- does this need to be said by ME?
- does it need to be said by me RIGHT NOW?

If the answer to all 3 isn& #39;t yes, maybe don& #39;t

And listen I& #39;m not confident at the moment about this thread but I do know I see an awful lot of "im a good whitey" comments on here and even I can& #39;t stand it. but if those activists say shit it& #39;ll turn into "they should just be grateful maybe I revoke my allyship what now" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👎" title="Thumbs down" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs down">