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Suggestions for non-Black ppl who want to be helpful:
For every tweet or RT u make regarding race, make a list of 5 non-Black friends and initiate a real conversation abt race w/them directly. Don't just say stuff like "Wow,things are so bad, aren't you shocked, I'm shocked…"
For every tweet or RT u make regarding race, make a list of 5 non-Black friends and initiate a real conversation abt race w/them directly. Don't just say stuff like "Wow,things are so bad, aren't you shocked, I'm shocked…"
Ask your non-Black friends:
- "Will you join with me to make a long term commitment to working on dismantling racism in the world and in ourselves?"
- "Will you hold me accountable and bring it up to me when I stop being focused on this?"
- "Will you join with me to make a long term commitment to working on dismantling racism in the world and in ourselves?"
- "Will you hold me accountable and bring it up to me when I stop being focused on this?"
Ask your non-Black friends:
- "Can we brainstorm ways to grow as people who take anti-racist action on a consistent basis?"
- "Will you keep me from getting complacent when I start to act like being anti-racist just means being a nice person?"
- "Can we brainstorm ways to grow as people who take anti-racist action on a consistent basis?"
- "Will you keep me from getting complacent when I start to act like being anti-racist just means being a nice person?"
Ask your non-Black friends:
- "Can we role-play tough race-related conversations and share our most successful conversation starters and responses?"
- "Will you join me in creating an ongoing anti-racist book club and donor circle that won't stop until racism is over?"
- "Can we role-play tough race-related conversations and share our most successful conversation starters and responses?"
- "Will you join me in creating an ongoing anti-racist book club and donor circle that won't stop until racism is over?"
Realize that while it may feel awkward or tiring to have conversations and make commitments like this, Black folks don't get to take a break from being harmed by racism so you shouldn't take a break from trying to dismantle it if you're truly opposed to racism.
Bonus points:
Before you text or DM your Black friend(s) to initiate a nonconsensual conversation on any of these topics that might further add to our trauma & exhaustion, review your list of non-Black friends & initiate any of the above conversations with them first.
Before you text or DM your Black friend(s) to initiate a nonconsensual conversation on any of these topics that might further add to our trauma & exhaustion, review your list of non-Black friends & initiate any of the above conversations with them first.
Bonus:
Before u slide into our DMs & texts to ask "How are you doing?" (Really?? How tf do u think we're doing??), trying leading with: "I donated $X to X org & initiated # convos w/# of ppl in my life that I've never talked abt race w/before. If u need to talk, I'm here for u."
Before u slide into our DMs & texts to ask "How are you doing?" (Really?? How tf do u think we're doing??), trying leading with: "I donated $X to X org & initiated # convos w/# of ppl in my life that I've never talked abt race w/before. If u need to talk, I'm here for u."
