1) I’m already seeing people use “anti-racism” in ways that indicate they don’t know exactly what it means. Anti-Black racism is what is on a lot of ppl’s minds right now. Racism encompasses all colonized groups, but anti-Black racism is often the most universal due to the...

2) nature of chattel slavery & the role anti-Blackness played in the caste system of many colonized countries. The reach of the US post-globalism also means that US attitudes towards Black ppl can end up shared to other countries. Anti-racism is the disruption of white supremacy.

3) However, combatting anti-Black racism requires more nuance because it is perpetuated by other non-white people who benefit from it. If this all feels like something you need a better grasp on, please reconsider adding DEI, anti-racism, etc. to your CV. I haven’t even...

4) gotten to the ways people conflate privilege (a result of living in a social hierarchy), white supremacy (the ways the system benefits its European, colonizer creators & their descendants), DEI (designing systems to combat a number of hierarchies), & other terms. Back to...

5) racism. Being anti-racist requires a solid grasp on how white supremacy is executed (patriarchy & other ills w/in our social hierarchy are for another thread). Not being actively racist is not the same as being anti-racist. A lot of people like individual non-white people/...

6) works that code switch/adjust to other cultures well. That isn’t the same as actively combatting the structures & norms of white supremacy w/in yourself & others. That also doesn’t necessarily prepare you for anti-Black racism w/in groups. Aspiring is fine, but pls don’t...

7) take attention away from the people who are prepared & currently working to combat these issues by overstating your own expertise. There’s already enough scholars who cite a few Black people & think they’re prepared to teach a Black studies course...