White people:

If you tweeted or said something related to race and the feedback you received from a Black person stings, think of that feeling like what happens when you pour peroxide over a scraped knee filled with dirt and gravel from a fall.

1/

The stinging feeling is part of the process of healing. That scraped knee is filthy and needs to be cleaned.

2/

Don’t blame the peroxide for your fall.

/end thread

Lest anyone think this is performative wokeness, it’s not. My knees are as dirty as every other white person. I mess up. When I’m called in, I do my best to listen and learn.