The ease with which white ppl think they can do anti-racist work, is born out of unchecked & unaddressed white superiority. It’s racism.

And again, some of us have had to deal with the stuff all our lives, then studied it for 10 years + and continue to research & think about it every damn day. Some of you step into this having read a book or two, shed a tear or two about being white & think you can do the work.

You clearly need to do more work on you. Unchecked white egos do a lot more damage when they get into this work. Please stay away! Go learn. Invest in yourself. Read. Go to therapy to address your racism.

This is part of the work. This is doing the work too. Addressing racism within yourself is anti-racist. You are not exempt from the structure you purport to want to dismantle. Dismantle it within yourself FIRST.

It is of course less glamourous.

Then, start within your entourage. Your family. Your workplace. Your neighbourhood...I promise you will know when you are ready, when you have learnt to de-centre your ego. And you understand both your insignificance and your social responsibilities, in tandem. It will happen.

500 years + and you think we’ve been waiting on your exceptionalism or special skillset. Sordid arrogance. Offensive at this point.