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I realized as a result of the #SurvivingRKelley conversations that this distinction might be useful for my fellow white people. I'm going to put it briefly, but questions are welcome if you need me to elaborate. 1/
Your personal blamelessness with regard to racism (and none of us are blameless, obvs, but let's assume as a thought experiment that you are) has nothing to do with your accountability to the world, and Black and brown people specifically, due to your membership in whiteness.
By "membership" I don't mean something you get to choose. You don't. It doesn't matter if you don't want to be white, don't feel white, don't "act white," whatever. You benefit from being (or appearing--long digression possible there) white, and that means--this is the key--
