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1. White ppl: we HAVE to sort out other white ppl. ESPECIALLY our family - until we make racism in all its toxic manifestations an ABSOLUTE and emphatic NO in our homes, all of this shit is going to continue. This is especially true for 'left' leaning liberal, educated whites..
2. If you're educated, if you're woke, TAKE THAT HOME: school your parents, g-parents, aunts, uncles, alles. Make them aware of their hatred. Don't let it slide cause you don't want to cause kak + for the love of God, stop pretending that your families aren't racist..
3. There is NO chance that Nationalist rule was maintained by 'non-racist' white people. Uh uh. Our parents + gparents are responsible + just because we have a different government does not mean their racism disappeared and you KNOW this. WE KNOW THIS!!
4. It's not enough to avoid racist family: confront + school them, show them that they're wrong. If you don't, you're making their behaviour a black person's problem. It's OUR duty as white people to undo racism in our circles. We can't pretend it doesn't exist = that's a lie..
5. Us liberal whites love to pretend we sprung from progressive families. We DID NOT, that is a minority. EVERYONE HAS A RACIST FAMILY MEMBER. We need to tend to racism with the same energy we save for pretending we're 'good whites' + casting aside the 'bad apples' in our family.
6. All we do is send them further into their racist minds, their corrosive hatred, their moral rot. The rot that spreads and contaminates and destroys. I know it's fucking painful to hear your family be so hateful: now imagine being the target of that hatred?
7. We had fucking apartheid - why is it this big secret to 'talk' about racism. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHITES ARE RACIST HERE. Let's invite our family around - calling in is more effective than casting out, and do *everything* we can to change them..
8. Our soldier fathers were *taught* to kill black people. They weren't debriefed post-military. They brought their hatred into homes + our economy as they were sent out *without being re-educated* to run an entire country. But it's been our turn to change this for SO long..
9. We know racism is tied up with misogyny but white women have ZERO excuses. We're always ready to jump back into bed with our white families - it takes bravery and actual self belief to step up and talk back but it's 2020 - if we don't do it now, we'll keep fueling it all.
10. Every white person is responsible. We know what our gparents + parents + aunts etc are like. Our in-laws, our neighbours. Church friends. Stop letting the 'subtle' racism slide. Hold your people to a higher moral standard. It's just *not* enough to pretend it doesn't exist
11. Racism is shameful. But what is more shameful than any racist family member who 'embarrasses' you, or yes, hurts you, because it sucks, is having the power to shift things around you and not doing so.
