We meant white privilege.
You typically see white male privilege but white women have enjoy it. White women have willingly worked alongside white men throughout history to oppress POC.
The oppression of women is a separate issue that does not erase white female privilege.
You typically see white male privilege but white women have enjoy it. White women have willingly worked alongside white men throughout history to oppress POC.
The oppression of women is a separate issue that does not erase white female privilege.
https://twitter.com/idew2/status/1332372839098413058
We’ve seen the modern white female privilege in action.
How many Karens have caused suffering and frustration in 2020 alone?
How can we forget about the most powerful Karen in the land right now, Amy Cony Barrett via SCOTUS?
madamenoire.com/1167662/karens…
How many Karens have caused suffering and frustration in 2020 alone?
How can we forget about the most powerful Karen in the land right now, Amy Cony Barrett via SCOTUS?
madamenoire.com/1167662/karens…
Who doesn’t know the horrific story of Emmitt Till?
He lost his life because a white woman said he whistled at her, knowing her white privilege would exact a cost.
Decades later she admitted it was all a lie. She was never punished.
biography.com/crime-figure/e…
He lost his life because a white woman said he whistled at her, knowing her white privilege would exact a cost.
Decades later she admitted it was all a lie. She was never punished.
biography.com/crime-figure/e…
All white people have white privilege, even if you choose not to weaponize it.
antiracistalliance.com/Unpacking.html
antiracistalliance.com/Unpacking.html
Having white privilege doesn't mean you don't have bad things happen to you: it means you are always start in a place of neutral standing without racial oppression.
link.medium.com/JhbKusbJMbb
link.medium.com/JhbKusbJMbb
To falsely equate your bad luck or oppression as a white woman to the persecution of black women/people of color is an insult to people of color.
#LessonsInHowToBeAnAlly
#LessonsInHowToBeAnAlly
If you as a white person get offended every time you read a tweet, essay, or article about racism and white privilege, you need to ask yourself why.
Your discomfort is your problem: you have work to do.
It’s not my job to make you feel good about racism and your own biases.
Your discomfort is your problem: you have work to do.
It’s not my job to make you feel good about racism and your own biases.
Instead of talking over black people/POC, listen.
If you don’t understand something, ask.
You don’t have the right to highjack POC’s conversation or steal the narrative regarding racism.
This is how you learn to be a true ally to POC.
If you don’t understand something, ask.
You don’t have the right to highjack POC’s conversation or steal the narrative regarding racism.
This is how you learn to be a true ally to POC.
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