Dear other white people: I know a lot of us are engaging in anti-racist work for the first time, and realizing our history of white supremacy is awful, but y’all need to get the white tears in check. DO NOT go into a space where you’re engaging w/ BIPOC around anti-racism & cry.

I’ve seen this happen way too much lately, and holy shit, the fragility. Crying because you’re discovering our history for the first time in the face of HUNDREDS OF YEARS of people being murdered because of the color of their skin? No.

Doing that is just another way of centering our whiteness. If the goal is to truly do the work, we have to de-center ourselves and put the focus where it belongs.