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.
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
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 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.
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
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.
You can follow @sophchang.
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