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You have the right to be in spaces and I'm sorry you've been uncomfortable. #BlackLivesMatter 
We -- white people -- need to start getting uncomfortable or worse.
Beginning on a new leg of an #antiracist journey with Kim Crayton's course. Like a journo, taking copious notes... https://twitter.com/KimCrayton1/status/1276891399066181633
We -- white people -- need to start getting uncomfortable or worse.
Beginning on a new leg of an #antiracist journey with Kim Crayton's course. Like a journo, taking copious notes... https://twitter.com/KimCrayton1/status/1276891399066181633
I'm absolutely obsessed with the Code of Conduct. I took loads of screenshots but hope to find the link to share. Best I've read yet. And these facts are TRUE.
White male podcast producer thought, like me, how others are racist, but not me. We need to really introspect our own #WhitePrivilege. We must be. The systems of the world have been built to make us racist. And only then we can be actively antiracist.
@KimCrayton1 starts defining:
Privilege = Who has Access (and this can be relative)
Underrepresented = about numbers
Marginalization = how groups of people are treated
IE: White women are underrepresented in tech, but they are not marginalized (unless other intersection) 1/4
Privilege = Who has Access (and this can be relative)
Underrepresented = about numbers
Marginalization = how groups of people are treated
IE: White women are underrepresented in tech, but they are not marginalized (unless other intersection) 1/4
Diversity = Variety (with analogy of @Crayola that the whole crayon box means being able to do things you couldn't do otherwise)
Inclusion = Individual experience (no one can tell you you're included) = psychological safety + welcoming + equity
Inclusion ≠ equality 2/4
Inclusion = Individual experience (no one can tell you you're included) = psychological safety + welcoming + equity
Inclusion ≠ equality 2/4
Inclusion ≠ quotas ... it's about a marginalized person's lived experience.
This is where we mess up.
When someone tells us something, we make it about our own experiences.
(For example: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6678921175172743168/) 3/4
This is where we mess up.
When someone tells us something, we make it about our own experiences.
(For example: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6678921175172743168/) 3/4
Racism = systemic, institutional
power + prejudice
"The systems that we are in have trained white people to be racist." -- @KimCrayton1 4/4
power + prejudice
"The systems that we are in have trained white people to be racist." -- @KimCrayton1 4/4
"The language that is used to talk about me when I'm in the room and outside the room is changing. It is amazing." -- @KimCrayton1 talking about...
https://www.ap.org/about/news-values-and-principles/
https://thenewstack.io/words-matter-finally-tech-looks-at-removing-exclusionary-language/
https://www.ap.org/about/news-values-and-principles/
https://thenewstack.io/words-matter-finally-tech-looks-at-removing-exclusionary-language/
Hadn't read @TatianaTMac's modern dictionary before but saving it for after this course! https://www.selfdefined.app/ #WordsMatter
White people like to be individuals, while Black people are grouped together.
"Whiteness is racist by design."
Whiteness is default.
... is good.
... is to aspire to be.
... is trusted by default.
People of color can never be white. "What a mindfuck."
Whiteness is default.
... is good.
... is to aspire to be.
... is trusted by default.
People of color can never be white. "What a mindfuck."
An Ally is bullshit.
You need to be Consistently, Demonstrably, Actively Antiracist.
You need to be Consistently, Demonstrably, Actively Antiracist.
Racism = prejudice + power.
Kim says black people can't be racist because when there are actions that seem like it, these narratives are taken on in service of white supremacy.
Kim says black people can't be racist because when there are actions that seem like it, these narratives are taken on in service of white supremacy.
In chat, someone quoted @IjeomaOluo saying you don't have to pretend to be free of racism to be an antiracist, rather antiracism is the commitment to fight racism wherever you find it, including in yourself.
"Whiteness is never a villain. You never do anything wrong. But Black people, we're always villains." Except the individual exceptions.
Whiteness is mediocre. And very built around theft.
Whiteness is mediocre. And very built around theft.
People with power and privilege design edge cases because it's just not their lived experience. (paraphrasing @KimCrayton1 YES THIS!
White people haven't created anything. All our power has come from theft, co-opting and violence. We are owed nothing.
How can you support @KimCrayton1, her #Antiracist message and her movement to change the racist economy. .
Our Money. Support Kim's important work. https://hashtagcauseascene.com/
Our Network. Let her pick and choose who can help amplify her important work and message.
Our Money. Support Kim's important work. https://hashtagcauseascene.com/
Our Network. Let her pick and choose who can help amplify her important work and message.
The closer an individual is to Whiteness, the more:
- access to privilege
- ability to define status quo
- benefit of the doubt given
- positive intent assumed
- feelings are prioritized
- expectation of empathy/compassion
via @KimCrayton1's Being #Antiracist course
- access to privilege
- ability to define status quo
- benefit of the doubt given
- positive intent assumed
- feelings are prioritized
- expectation of empathy/compassion
via @KimCrayton1's Being #Antiracist course
YES! (again paraphrasing Kim because don't type fast enough to quote.)
White People: If someone breaks out a camera to record you, you're acting wrong. Shut the fuck up and walk away. You don't walk away because you think it's about you.
[But I love to see you fired! - jen]
White People: If someone breaks out a camera to record you, you're acting wrong. Shut the fuck up and walk away. You don't walk away because you think it's about you.
[But I love to see you fired! - jen]
The farthest you are from whiteness, the more:
- vulnerable you are
- you are impacted by unintended harm
- your thoughts/perspectives are dismissed
- you're expected to be compassionate to/to forgive to the white people that harm you
- vulnerable you are
- you are impacted by unintended harm
- your thoughts/perspectives are dismissed
- you're expected to be compassionate to/to forgive to the white people that harm you
"White folx are overconfident in basically everything because the structure of white supremacy has convinced us we're better at things than we are, why should anti-racism be any different." -- @gesa
"The discomfort in #WhitePrivilege isn't a bug. It's a feature." -- @dexthe_dev on the importance of being uncomfortable and in pain on the path to being #Antiracist
YES!! White feminism fucked the civil rights movement.
And hard for me to type with the responsibility I feel with a white male three-year-old, and def the most uncomfortable I've been (so far) in this class but gonna type it: My uterus is a perpetuator of white supremacy.
And hard for me to type with the responsibility I feel with a white male three-year-old, and def the most uncomfortable I've been (so far) in this class but gonna type it: My uterus is a perpetuator of white supremacy.
To be #Antiracist, stop reacting. Start listening. Amplify other people. And when we inevitably fuck up, accept the criticism. Share what we've learned with other White people. It's not about us. Which is hard because everything is always about us. Which is wrong.
Now we're getting into the tech side. I see a LOT of developer advocates taking the course. That's good because have influence and access to money in tech orgs. Which means influence and money for the Future. (Also interesting to see less engagement, more listening from y'all.)
So it's not just the UK... definitely see this how White people are so worried about the discomfort of masks and the economy that they are willing to kill off even older White people.
Makes sense now, as @KimCrayton1 says, because #WhitePrivilege is about the individual.
Makes sense now, as @KimCrayton1 says, because #WhitePrivilege is about the individual.
Once I finish the last episodes of @SceneOnRadio, gotta dive into #CauseAScene. These guiding principles are everything #EthicsPosse
"Unpacking White ignorance = Black trauma."
We need to unpack our racism and our White privilege with fellow White people. Black people have fought enough. Don't make them do more work. Don't do more harm. Work our asses off to stop.
We need to unpack our racism and our White privilege with fellow White people. Black people have fought enough. Don't make them do more work. Don't do more harm. Work our asses off to stop.
Tech moves fast and breaks things...
"I have no problem moving fast and breaking things. My problem is the fact that we moved fast, broke things and never stopped to learn what the fuck we broke, how we broke it, how we can fix it and who we harmed." -- @KimCrayton1 #CauseAScene
"I have no problem moving fast and breaking things. My problem is the fact that we moved fast, broke things and never stopped to learn what the fuck we broke, how we broke it, how we can fix it and who we harmed." -- @KimCrayton1 #CauseAScene
Great tip from the community chat: Every time I tag someone, including the creator and teacher of this mindblowing Being #Antiracist course, I should think carefully about impact that my tweet could have on her, make sure my followers won't cause her harm, don't clog her stream.
"I'm sorry you were offended." NOT an apology.
After letting Kim Crayton's Intro to Being Antiracist ( https://ti.to/kim.crayton.llc/introduction-to-being-an-antiracist hoping you'll get to buy access to recording) simmer for a few hours, I'm catching up on tabs and want to share some of the further resources that came from the course and the community chat.
First, a quick way to meet @KimCrayton1 if you don't follow her already. She's a leader of the Antiracist movement and wants to see if capitalism could work for Black people. https://canary-web.periscope.tv/KimCrayton1/1BdxYQrZLrNxX
The three hours of her course on great webinar/chat tool Vito flew by...
The three hours of her course on great webinar/chat tool Vito flew by...
First, this was the homework before the class. If you can't take the class or can, still do this listening. Thrice. I think that's how many times it's going to at least take me to process all this history I should've been taught in school and in _pre-law_ http://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/
Suggested during the webinar either from Kim or in the community chat...
Podcast with @ShaniseBarona on how white-dominated Women in Tech orgs cause more stress/create more hurdles/micro-aggressions for Black women and nonbinary people in tech https://hashtagcauseascene.com/podcast/shanise-barona/
Podcast with @ShaniseBarona on how white-dominated Women in Tech orgs cause more stress/create more hurdles/micro-aggressions for Black women and nonbinary people in tech https://hashtagcauseascene.com/podcast/shanise-barona/
How white women use tears as weapons to get what they want, maintain power, and silence women of color, just adding to their daily trauma and sometimes death by @RubyHamad
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/08/how-white-women-use-strategic-tears-to-avoid-accountability (Thank god for FB, Insta and now Twitter Live!)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/08/how-white-women-use-strategic-tears-to-avoid-accountability (Thank god for FB, Insta and now Twitter Live!)
This thread by @TatianaTMac was recommended to prevent burnout because the Antiracist fight is a life-long journey not a month of hashtags. And our whiteness has given us privilege, the opposite of resiliency. https://twitter.com/TatianaTMac/status/1268909345141473281
Last guest on this course was @KR1573N who has also polled and wrote this piece about Why Now? is antiracism finally trending among whites. Could Antiracism be part of our New Normal? https://k-studies.com/2020/06/11/the-door-to-systemic-change-is-open-why-now/
