this bit from white fragility is unfathomably bleak: it is the role of whites to dismantle white supremacy. consequently, the role of nonwhites in achieving their own liberation is incidental: their fates lie primarily in the hands of their oppressors.

Black existentialist theory like Fanon is a million times richer, more uplifting, and empowering, despite lacking the slick marketing sheen of this white savior self-help nonsense. i will continue to read it anyway because I love you and hate myself

okay feel free to mute this thread but there are So many gems in here. In this excerpt, she invites the white reader to think back on the first time they became aware of the existence of Black people, and helpfully suggests they consider Donkey from Shrek