1/ Truth and reconciliation are sequential. This is something that white people must come to grips with, too many white folks are inclined to want to just skip over the uncomfortable truth part to get to reconciliation.
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#DemCast #DemCastAZ #OneVoice1 #BlackLivesMattter
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#DemCast #DemCastAZ #OneVoice1 #BlackLivesMattter
2/ That's not how it works. It is why we have these recurring cycles of violence going back generations, because white people can and do opt out of really wanting to know.
3/ Until something happens where they can't, but even then instead of confronting the uncomfortable truth of our shared past they choose to opt out by making it about themselves, and thus we have "All Lives Matter" intended to invalidate the lived experiences of black people.
4/ The hard work of educating ourselves as white people about our history and how it relates to the ongoing injustices we see today is not someone else's job.
lynchinginamerica.eji.org
lynchinginamerica.eji.org
5/ Trodding through the muck and discomfort to reach understanding deeply the implications of white privilege, white fragility, white grievance, and the systemic racism built on white supremacy is not someone else's job.
robindiangelo.com/publications/
robindiangelo.com/publications/
6/ Recognizing well enough to know what a good ally is (and isn't) & how and when to be one isn't someone else's job.
Creating spaces of inclusion to amplify the voices of the marginalized, & above all LISTENING to those voices, is not someone else's job. buff.ly/2XEUV5r
Creating spaces of inclusion to amplify the voices of the marginalized, & above all LISTENING to those voices, is not someone else's job. buff.ly/2XEUV5r
7/ It is not someone else's job to dismantle white supremacy.
Friends, it is your and my job to do these things. It begins within each of us, if we want to make it better we need to own our part of the solution first and foremost. #Accountability
Friends, it is your and my job to do these things. It begins within each of us, if we want to make it better we need to own our part of the solution first and foremost. #Accountability
8/ In order to have reconciliation in this country white people need to know and own the truth of our past and how it impacts our present situation, and the present situation of our black and brown brothers and sisters.
9/xx Then we need to act from that truth daily if we hope become a society that values peace & a unity that can only be attained if it is grounded in the presence of #justice.
Thank you to @IndivisibleofAZ & @IndivisibleTeam for the steadfast support on this issue! #Indivisible
Thank you to @IndivisibleofAZ & @IndivisibleTeam for the steadfast support on this issue! #Indivisible
