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DEAR WELL-INTENTIONED WHITE PEOPLE,
To you who manage, twixt wringing of pale palms, to type breathless texts of "It's so horrible! What can I do?!", thoughts and suggestions:
1. I'm not your racial fucking sensitivity trainer, B. It feels unfair and clueless to ask this of POC.
To you who manage, twixt wringing of pale palms, to type breathless texts of "It's so horrible! What can I do?!", thoughts and suggestions:
1. I'm not your racial fucking sensitivity trainer, B. It feels unfair and clueless to ask this of POC.
2. Riddle me this, Batman: how does the onus of educating the oppressor fall upon the oppressed?
3. Breaking news: the internet will answer any question you can imagine, including "How can I be a better ally to POC?", which I just Googled and got 1M+ responses in 0.46 seconds
3. Breaking news: the internet will answer any question you can imagine, including "How can I be a better ally to POC?", which I just Googled and got 1M+ responses in 0.46 seconds
Whole ass books on the topic:
My girl @IjeomaOluo SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE
My girls @kenrya @akiba HOW WE FIGHT WHITE SUPREMACY
@DrIbram HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST
Anything by:
Ta-Nehisi Coates, @nhannahjones, @TheRoot @VerySmartBros
The list goes on and on...
My girl @IjeomaOluo SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE
My girls @kenrya @akiba HOW WE FIGHT WHITE SUPREMACY
@DrIbram HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST
Anything by:
Ta-Nehisi Coates, @nhannahjones, @TheRoot @VerySmartBros
The list goes on and on...
My very smart friends and I talk about race, white supremacy, and marginalization ALL THE DAMN TIME. This is how I've become educated to the degree I have around these topics. We don't wait for national newsworthy horrors to maintain the discourse.
IT IS A QUOTIDIAN PRACTICE.
IT IS A QUOTIDIAN PRACTICE.
I am FAR from an expert on the topic. I've had the privilege of being raised by an extraordinary village of thinkers:
@milfinainteasy @divafeminist @blacksnob @ProfessorCrunk @jsmooth995 @kbruyneel @kiernamayo @Moore_Darnell @KieseLaymon @zentronix @WuTangClan @mendezberry
@milfinainteasy @divafeminist @blacksnob @ProfessorCrunk @jsmooth995 @kbruyneel @kiernamayo @Moore_Darnell @KieseLaymon @zentronix @WuTangClan @mendezberry
Finally, huge shout out to the inspiration and editor of this thread, my boy @wkamaubell who has an amazing show called UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA.
